more-inTwo more bodies were recovered from the Hairige lake near Hunsur on Wednesday, taking the total number of children drowned in the waterbody to four. The police said Fire and Emergency Services personnel and expert swimmers, who had fished out two bodies from the lake situated near Hanugodu in Hunsur Rural police station on Tuesday evening, retrieved two more bodies on Wednesday. While the bodies of Jai Bharath and Yeshwanth, residents of Hale Chikka Hunsur were brought out on Tuesday, those of Ajay, a resident of Hegganduru, and Dhananjaya, a native of Yelwal, but staying at his grandmother’s house in Kamaravalli, were taken out on Wednesday. All four were 16 and students of St. Joseph’s High School in Hunsur. The youngsters had come for a swim and drowned.

Source: The Hindu March 07, 2018 19:52 UTC