Bengaluru youth feared dead at Dharmasthala

MANGALURU: Bharat, 23 of Dasarahalli 5th Cross, Sawmill Road in Bengaluru, who had come to Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala on a pilgrimage with his relative Bharath Kumar, was drowned at the bathing ghat of the Sri Kshetra on Sunday. Temple sources stated that Bharat lost balance on the bathing ghat, slipped and fell in to the swollen Nethravathi river. His body is yet to be found. A case has been registered in Dharmasthala police station.