Sekhar Poojari, 45, a labourer and resident of B Casba village at Bantwal near here accidentally slipped and fell and was washed away in the Nethravathi river while he was washing his feet last evening. Though the locals rescued him and took him to a nearby hospital, his life could not be saved, Police said.
In another incident, Abhishek, a eleven year old student met with a watery grave slipping into the still water in an abandoned quarry near his house. Though efforts were made to save him, he died before being brought out, they said.