Puttur: In a tragic incident a newly married woman lost her life after falling into a pond accidentally, on Wednesday at Kodimbadi village, Puttur.

Pushpa (28) is the deceased woman. She was wife of Ashok Gowda, resident of Meginahithlu.

Professional Ashok was a mason and only four months Pushpa had married Ashok.

Puhpa went missing on Wednesday morning after she left the house to bring grass to cattle. Ashok’s mother who was worried about Pushpa, searched for her and finally she found Pushpa’s footwear near a pond. The body was not traced, but it is suspected that she might have fallen into the pind accidentally.

Puttur police have registered a case.