Moodbidri : Young woman drowns in pond

Mangalore Today News Network

Moodbidri, July 5, 2016: : In a tragic incident reported from Karikumeru in Tenka Mijar, a young woman lost her life after she accidentally slipped and fell into a pond in the family’s arecanut farm  on July 3, Sunday morning.

The deceased is Vinola Mendonca (25), daughter of Vincent Mendonca.

It is learnt the mishap took place when Vinola had taken the cow for grazing. It is said  that the cow  went out of her control when she was holding  the tether in order to tie it at another place.

Sources said while she was trying to calm  down the animal, the tether cut off and  Vinola who lost balance fell into the pond.

Moodbidri police have registered a case.