A visually impaired student met a watery grave in a pond of Suvarnamukhi temple near Bannerghatta where he had gone for a bath on Wednesday.

The deceased S. Nagraj (21), a resident of Tiptur, was a second year pre-university student in a city-based college and was staying at a hostel for visually impaired students near Bannerghatta.Nagraj along with his friends went to the Suvarnamukhi temple to pray and later to bathe in the pond near the temple .

Despite Nagraj’s calls for help, devotees and temple staff, who rushed to his aid were unable to save him.

The temple staff informed the Bannerghatta police and the Fire and Emergency Services persoonel. Nagraj’s body was shifted to the Victoria hospital.

SOURCE: The Hindu