Kushalnagar: Tragedy struck a family which was all set for the wedding of its son on May 18, Friday, when the groom along with his mother and two other relatives met a watery grave in river Cauvery in a village called Kanive, about 12 kms away from Kushalnagar.
The deceased are Shivanna (28), the groom, his mother Nirmala (45), a relative Gowri (35) and an eight year old girl also named Gowri.
Shivanna’s wedding was supposed to take place on the morning of May 18, Friday with Lakshmi at the Ramalingeshwara Temple of Kanive village. The groom’s family had arrived well in advance on Thursday evening itself and all the pre-wedding rituals too had been performed.
It is learnt, on Friday morning, the little girl had been to the banks of the Cauvery river by crossing the river using a pedestrian bridge and was washing her feet while she suddenly slipped and fell into the river. On seeing this, Gowri too dived into the water to save the little girl, only to be followed by Nirmala and Shivanna, finally all the four meeting a watery grave.
Somwarpete Tahsildar Bhasker, MLA Appachu Ranjan and senior police officials have visited the spot of the tragedy.