TUMAKURU: Two children who were missing since Thursday evening from Gollarahatti near Huchchanahatti in Tiptur taluk were found dead in a pit near the Yettinahole canal on Friday. The deceased are Yaduveer (8) and Manohar (10).
It is suspected that the two children may have fallen into the pit while playing. A missing person’s complaint had been registered at the Tiptur Rural police station on Thursday.
Briefing media persons after visiting the spot, Police Superintendent Ashok K V said the two boys had returned home around 4.30 pm on Thursday and later headed out to play.
“A missing person’s complaint was registered yesterday and a search was being carried out. Around 9 am today, we received information that the two boys were found in a water-filled pit near the Yettinahole canal. The police immediately rushed to the spot and the bodies were sent to a hospital for post-mortem examination”.