Bantwal : The body of Kaushik Mandanna (30), who jumped into the Netravati river from the Panemanagaluru bridge, along with his mother and sister on the late night of Saturday, was found at Talipadpu of Sajipa Munnuru village of the taluk on Tuesday, Oct 1.

The locals who noticed a dead body floating near the bank of the river near Talipadpu alerted the police immediately. Fire service personnel, NDRF team and the local swimmers brought the body up and sent the same to Mangaluru for further procedures to be followed.

It may be recalled that Kavita Mandanna (56), a native of Kadanga in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district, presently residing at P S Nagar of Mysuru had jumped into the Netravati river from the Panemangaluru bridge near B C Road at around 11.30 pm on the night of Saturday, along with her Son Kaushik Mandanna (30) and daughter Kalpita Mandanna (20) and their pet dog.

The body of Kavita Mandanna was found on the same night and the body of daughter Kalpita Mandanna was recovered on the afternoon of Sunday near Innoli of Konaje. However, the search operation as stopped at late night of Sunday to trace the body of Kaushik Mandanna.

Two separate cases in this connection are registered in Bantwal and Konaje police stations.