Vijayapura. Bodies of six people were found floating in a lake in Karnataka. This case is of Adarsh Nagar police station area of Vijayapura district of Karnataka. Bhootnal Lake falls in the area of this police station. There was a sensation in the area after bodies of six people were found floating in Bhootnal lake. Now Karnataka Police has told where the bodies of these six people came from and what is the reason for their death.
#WATCH | Karnataka | Six bodies recovered from Bhutnal Lake in Vijayapura
Shashidhar, District Fire Officer, says, “We got information that six people had fallen into the lake here. When we got to the lake, we found six bodies floating. We have handed over the bodies to the… pic.twitter.com/TQPpgExcFD
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According to the police, a case of missing woman and children was registered at Vijaypura Rural Police Station on August 24, 2026. Mallikarjun Jalageri, a resident of Torvi Shanti Nagar, had informed the police that his wife Shobha left after an argument over some issue at home. Five children also went with Shobha. After this, people informed the police after seeing the dead bodies of a woman and five children landing in Bhootnal Lake. According to the police, the deceased are 35 year old Shobha, 15 year old daughter Vidya, 13 year old daughter Suvarna, 12 year old son Tipparaya, 10 year old daughter Sanika and 6 year old son Vikas.
On receiving information about dead bodies being dumped in Bhootnal, police reached the spot and removed all the bodies. After which the police sent these bodies to BLDE Hospital for postmortem. It is not yet known whether Shobha committed suicide after pushing the children into the water or whether everyone jumped into the Bhootnal lake together. However, this incident proves that even in domestic disputes, people get so hurt that they do not shy away from even losing their lives. Every day there are reports of murder or suicide due to domestic dispute. In the last one year, more than 5700 cases of murder or suicide due to domestic dispute were reported.