Boy drowns, two missing after slipping into canal in Karnataka’s Vijayapura

Fire and police personnel launched a search operation and recovered the body of Santosh Konnur.

A 16-year-old boy drowned, and two others went missing after they slipped into a canal on Tuesday, police said.

A 16-year-old boy drowned, and two others went missing after they slipped into a canal on Tuesday, police said. (Representative Image)

Basamma Konnur (21), Santosh Konnur (16) and Ravi Konnur (15)—all relatives from Muddebihal town in Vijayapura district accidentally fell into a canal under the Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited project near Shirol village, police said.

Fire and police personnel launched a search operation and recovered the body of Santosh Konnur.

The search is on for the remaining two, police added.