Yakshangana artist dies in road accident in Belthangady
The Hindu
Yakshagana Bhagawata dies in motorcycle accident near Kilar Marigudi temple, police register case against other rider.
A 40-year-old Yakshagana Bhagawata died after the motorcycle he was riding was hit head-on by another motorcycle near Kilar Marigudi temple in Andinje village of Belthangady taluk in the early hours of Monday, March 31.
According to Belthangady Rural police, the 40-year-old Satish Acharya Andinje, a Bhagawata with Mangaladevi Yakshangana Mela, was returning on his motorcycle to his house in Andinje after performing in an Yakshagana in Sullia taluk.
Around 4 a.m. as he was taking a turn near the temple, the motorcycle was hit by another motorcycle, that one Santosh was riding. Both fell off their vehicles and were injured. Passers-by shifted the injured to a nearby hospital where Satish Acharya succumbed.
The Belthangady Rural police registered a case against Santosh under provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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