Mysuru: A civil engineer who was on a trip with friends, drowned in the water and died at the Cauvery Nisargadhama near Talakadu on Monday December 20.

The deceased has been identified as Dharmaraj (24) , a native of Kalaburagi District,. Dharmaraj, who was working as a civil engineer in Rajajinagara, Bengaluru, had come to Mysuru with his 10 friends for a weekend  trip.

The team went to Male Mahadeswara Hills, had God’s darshan, and then came to Talakadu. While swimming in the river Cauvery Dharmaraju drowned.

Then the local fishermen got the engineer out of the river and admitted him to the hospital. Doctors confirmed  him brought dead.

Talakadu Police have registered a case and are investigating.