MANDYA: Two engineering students of a private college in Mysuru, who had gone to swim in Varuna canal, went missing, and the body of one has been found. Fire brigade staff were conducting and intense search for another student.
The incident occurred in Varuna canal on Belagola Pumpline Road in K R Sagar police station limits of Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district. Parthasarathi and Arjun, who were studying third-year BE at a private college in Mysuru, are the missing students.
On Friday, Parthasarathi and Arjun had gone with friends to swim in the Varuna canal. Even though the water was flowing with force in the canal, they got into the water and both were swept away. The other friends immediately alerted locals and the fire brigade.
Fire brigade staff and emergency rescue team who rushed to spot conducted search operation, and fished out Arjun’s body from canal on Saturday. The fire brigade staff and police have continued search operation for another missing student Parthasarathi. A case has been registered at K R Sagar police station in this regard.
