Three arrested for Hangarkatte boat mishap

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The Kota Police successful Udupi territory person arrested 2 vessel drivers and the vessel proprietor successful transportation with capsizing of the vessel successful Kodi Bengre, adjacent Hangarkatte Ship Building area, connected January 26.

The constabulary gave names of the arrested persons arsenic vessel proprietor Suhas Shriyan, 23, and vessel drivers Sophiyan, 20, Vasu Mendon, 52, each from Kodi colony successful Brahmavar taluk of Udupi district.

The vessel related to Wave Riders steadfast carried 14 tourists, each moving with a BPO successful Mysuru. The vessel capsized portion going towards Kodi Kanyaya from Delta Beach Point, Malpe, connected January 26. It resulted successful decease of Shankarappa, 27, P. Sindhu, 23, and Disha, 26.

The Malpe Police registered the lawsuit and transferred it to jurisdictional Kota Police Station. In a property note, the constabulary said the probe revealed that the vessel did not person licence from the Tourism Department. The vessel did not person immoderate certificate stating that the vessel was acceptable to instrumentality tourists, the constabulary said.

The arrested persons were booked nether Sections 284 (conveying persons by h2o for prosecute successful unsafe oregon overload vessel), 125(a) (act endangering beingness oregon idiosyncratic safety), 106 (causing decease by negligence), 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to perpetrate culpable homicide) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Published - January 31, 2026 09:22 p.m. IST

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