A somber atmosphere has settled over Valagerahalli, a village near Dudda in Hassan taluk, following the tragic discovery of two brothers, Darshan (17) and Lakshmikanth (5), who were found deceased in a local tank on Thursday.
The boys, sons of local temple priest Ramachandra and Rathnamma, had gone missing on Wednesday morning. Their family, along with concerned relatives, launched an exhaustive search efforts throughout the day and into the evening. When their attempts proved fruitless, a missing person’s report was filed with the Dudda police.
Authorities, harboring grim suspicions that the brothers might have fallen into a nearby tank, a vast water body spanning 300 acres, promptly summoned the Fire and Emergency Services personnel. Their diligent search on Thursday morning led to the retrieval of both bodies from the tank around 12:30 p.m.
Following a post-mortem examination, the bodies were respectfully returned to their grieving family. The circumstances leading to the boys’ fatal fall into the tank remain unclear and are currently under police investigation.