MANGALURU: A 25-year-old man, identified as Mohammed Sanaullah, drowned in a river at Kasaba Bengre in Mangaluru while attempting to retrieve a football that had fallen into the water. The incident occurred near the ferry point.
According to sources, some children were playing football on the riverbank when the ball fell into the river. Sanaullah entered the water to retrieve the ball and help the children, but drowned in the process.
The children reportedly did not immediately realise that Sanaullah had drowned, resulting in some delay in informing local residents. Later, several youths entered the river, located Sanaullah and pulled him out of the water. They provided him with first aid before rushing him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead despite efforts to save him.
The tragic incident has cast a pall of gloom over Kasaba Bengre.