Siddapura (Kodagu): A Village Accountant (VA) reportedly jumped into the Cauvery river near Kodangeri in Ammathi hobli of Kodagu district on Saturday to catch sand miners who were illegally extracting sand from the river.
Following complaints of sand mafia operating in Cauvery river, Virajpet Tahsildar R. Govindaraju, Revenue Inspector Anil Kumar, Mines and Geology Department officials Reshma Bi and Nagendrappa and Ammathi hobli’s Halagunda VA Omappa Banagar raided the spot, when they found some persons illegally extracting sand in three iron coracles. Upon noticing the officials, the culprits drowned two coracles and used the other to reach the other end of the river.
