Kundapur: Two 13-year-old girls drown in pond while washing clothes

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, Oct 26, 2026: In a tragic incident, two girls drowned in a pond while they had gone to wash clothes at Kopparige Gudde in Hosadu village on Sunday evening.

The deceased have been identified as Sunitha (13), daughter of Chandru Basavaraj Veshagar and Manjakalu, and Vaishali (13), daughter of the late Manjunath and Sharada. The families, originally from Muddinakoppa in Shiggaon taluk of Haveri district, were residing in a hut at Mullikatte. Both girls were studying in class 7 at Hosadu government school.

According to reports, five children from the hut had gone to Kadubina Kere pond at Kopparige Gudde in Hosadu village at around 4 pm on Sunday to wash clothes. While Sunitha and Vaishali were washing clothes on the bank of the pond, they accidentally slipped and fell into the water. Both drowned.

The parents’ cries of anguish after losing their two children were heart-rending. Upon receiving information about the incident, a team led by Gangolli-based diving expert Dinesh Kharvi, the Team HI emergency response team, the Kundapur Fire and Emergency Services personnel and Gangolli police arrived at the spot and assisted in retrieving the bodies.

The ambulance service of Gangolli’s Sri Veereshwara Seva Trust helped transport the bodies to the government hospital in Kundapur for post-mortem examination.

Gangolli PSI Pavan Nayak and police personnel visited the spot and conducted an inspection.