Two persons who were grazing sheep died after a wall collapsed in Kamakaratti village in Belagavi district on Monday.
Kallappa Sambrekar (45) of Kondaskoppa and Parashuram Shahapurkar (17) of Shindoli were sitting in a shed in a field when it started raining heavily. The mud wall collapsed before they could escape, and they were crushed under it.
A case has been registered in the Hire Bagewadi Police Station.
Falls into borewell
Lakkappa Doddamani (28), a farmer from Sultanpur near Raibag in Belagavi district, fell into an empty borewell in his field on Monday.
Police and Fire and Emergency Services personnel began digging a trench near the borewell to retrieve the body. Villagers said that the farmer had dug the borewell on Sunday, but it did not yield water. A family member suspected that the farmer had killed himself out of desperation.
Deputy Commissioner S.B. Bommanahalli and Superintendent of Police Lakshman Nimbaragi visited the village. A case has been registered.
