VIJAYAPURA: The bodies of two more missing people, who drowned after a coracle capsized in the Krishna river in Kolhar taluk on June 2 were fished out on Thursday. On Wednesday three bodies were fished out while three had survived the mishap.
The search and rescue team on Thursday pulled out the bodies of Rafiq Alamel (40) and Mehboob Walikar (35). Earlier, the bodies of Pundalik Yankanchi (34), Tayyab Chowdary (40) of Kolhar and Dasharat Goudar (60) had been fished out from the water.
On Thursday, 30 rescuers launched the search for the third day with the help of five boats. All the bodies were sent to the district government hospital for post-mortem examination.