Subrahmanya: Missing ambulance driver’s body found in river after four-days search

Subrahmanya: Missing ambulance driver’s body found in river after four-days search

Mangalore Today News Network

Subrahmanya, July 25, 2025: The body of an ambulance driver who had gone missing four days ago has been recovered from the Kumaradhara river near Subrahmanya on Friday (July 25).

The deceased has been identified as Honnappa (52), a resident of Devaragadde in Subrahmanya. He was employed as an ambulance driver at the Subrahmanya hospital.

According to police, Honnappa had been missing since Tuesday (July 22). CCTV footage had captured him running towards the Kumaradhara river, raising suspicions that he may have jumped into the water. Based on this, search operations were launched near the river that same night.

Since Wednesday (July 23), teams from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Eshwar Malpe team, fellow ambulance drivers, Ravi Kakkepadavu team, Sullia Fire and Emergency Services, and local volunteers had been involved in continuous search efforts.

On Friday, the fourth day of the search, his body was found downstream, a few kilometres away from the Kumaradhara bathing ghat.

A case has been registered at the Subrahmanya police station, and further investigation is underway.