Body of last victim recovered from Tungabhadra river

The body of the victim who drowned in the Tungabhadra river while immersing Ganesha idols at Hadonahalli on Wednesday.

SHIVAMOGGA: The body of the victim who drowned in the Tungabhadra river while immersing Ganesha idols at Hadonahalli on Wednesday was found on Friday morning. With this, the bodies of all the 12 victims have been recovered. On Wednesday, seven bodies were recovered, four bodies were found on Thursday and 11 bodies were cremated. The search operation was suspended on Thursday and resumed on Friday morning. Sagar’s body was found around a kilometre away from the place where the accident happened. Deputy Commissioner VP Ikkeri, ZP CEO Dr Rakesh Kumar, SP Abhinav Khare and other senior officers had camped in the village to oversee the search operation.

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