Udupi, Feb 20, 2012: Three young boys died of drowning in River Kallakundi near Kallu Ganapathi Temple in Kota.
The deceased are Karthik (12) and his brother Kaushik (7) and Gautham (11), who is related to them. Karthik and Kaushik were the sons of Thimmappa Poojary of Achlady and Gautham was the son of Gopal Poojary.

Reportedly, the boys fell into the water and drowned when they were playing in the river. They had gone to the river because it was a school holiday on account of Shivarathri.
The police feel that the boys could have tried swimming toward the whirlpool, got into a panic, and fell into it. Another boy, who was playing with the three, managed to swim to safety. The Kota police have registered a case of unnatural death.