Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
A 26-year-old man reportedly got drunk and ventured into lake to swim drowned in the outskirts of the city on Sunday.
The deceased Muniraju,resident of Byatarayanapura had gone to his sister’s house in Doddaballapura and later went to Rajaghatta lake with friends to swim.
Muniraju got drunk before venturing into the lake to swim and began to drown.His friend noticed him drowining and tried ot save him by throwing a rope asking him to hold on, but in vain.
They rushed to the village and informed the police who reached the lake along with the fire and emergency serive personnel and search for him.
After few hours of search operations,the rescue team recovered his body.
The Doddaballapura rural police have registered a case of un natural death and awaiting post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of death and any foul play involved .