A 30-year-old Bengaluru software engineer drowned in an abandoned stone quarry near Yallammana Doddi while trekking with friends he met through Instagram
Bengaluru software engineer Ganesh Anjaneya Vinay, 30, drowned while swimming in an abandoned quarry near Jigani on October 2. SDRF, NDRF, local swimmers and Ishwar Malpe’s team recovered his body after a two-day search.
Bengaluru: A 30-year-old Bengaluru software engineer, Ganesh Anjaneya Vinay, drowned in an abandoned stone quarry near Yallammana Doddi near Jigani while trekking with friends he met through Instagram. The SDRF, NDRF and Ishwar Malpe teams conducted a two-day search and recovered his body.
An IT employee from Bengaluru met a tragic end while trekking with friends during his holiday near Yallammana Doddi near Jigani. The deceased software engineer was identified as Ganesh Anjaneya Vinay (30), a native of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, who was residing in Halasur, Bengaluru.
Vinay, who had completed his postgraduate degree from IIT Delhi, was working as a UX designer at a private firm in Bengaluru. He had gone trekking with a group of eight people he had met through an Instagram group during the Gandhi Jayanti holiday on October 2.
Jigani Quarry Drowning During Trekking
While returning after the trek, the entire group entered the water of an abandoned stone quarry near Yallammana Doddi for a swim. After swimming for about an hour and a half, Vinay drowned and disappeared at around 5:30 pm.
When his friends tried to save him but could not, the Jigani police and fire brigade were informed. SDRF, NDRF forces, local swimmers, and renowned Malpe diving expert Ishwar Malpe and his team rushed to the spot and conducted a lengthy search operation.
After a search lasting two consecutive days, Vinay's body was found at around 9 am on Sunday, October 4. A case has been registered at the Jigani police station based on a complaint filed by the deceased's brother.
