Adventurism during lockdown led to the death of a man in Hungund taluk of Bagalkot district on Thursday.
Mallappa Bommadi (41) had come to the house of his in-laws at Amargol village of Muddebihal taluk in Vijayapura district a few days ago. On Thursday, he decided to return to his village but the police prevented him at Tangadagi bridge across the Krishna. They told him to go back as travelling is banned during the lockdown.
The man, who was determined to move despite the prohibition, decided to swim across the river. According to the Muddebihal police, he jumped into the river and started to swim, but midway, he lost strength and could not swim further and drowned. His body was recovered later.
