Landslide: Priest’s body retrieved after 5 days
Search continues for his wife, 2 others
BENGALURU:
The body of the Talacauvery temple priest Narayana Achar, who went missing after a Brahmagiri hill landslide, was discovered on Tuesday.
Achar and four others went missing after the landslide on Thursday. Since then, search operations have been going on, and the body of his brother, Anamda Theertha, was found on Saturday.
Pet dog’s body
Achar’s daughters Sharada and Namitha were part of the search operations. Two cars belonging to Achar, a bike and the body of Achar’s pet dog were also retrieved.
Minister V Somanna, MLA KG Bopayya, MP Pratap Simha, MLA Sunil Subramani, District Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy, and SP Kshama Mishra have been at the forefront of the search operations.
Despite heavy rains and dense fog, the search continues for Achar’s wife Shantha and assistant priests Ravikiran and Srinivas.
ತಲಕಾವೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ ಭೂಕುಸಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣೆಯಾದ ತಲಕಾವೇರಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಅರ್ಚಕರಾಗಿದ್ದ ನಾರಾಯಣ ಆಚಾರ್ ರವರ ಮೃತದೇಹ ಇಂದು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ನಾಗತೀರ್ಥ ಬಳಿ ಪತ್ತೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಚಿವ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿ. ಸೋಮಣ್ಣ, ಸಂಸದ ಶ್ರೀ ಪ್ರತಾಪ್ ಸಿಂಹ, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಶಾಸಕರು ಹಾಗು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಹಾಜರಿದ್ದರು.@IGP_SR_Mysuru pic.twitter.com/4cWQ9lBU5b
— SP Kodagu (@KodaguSp) August 11, 2020
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