Kerala lorry driver’s body found in river 2 months after Karnataka landslide

The body of missing Kerala lorry driver Arjun was recovered along with his vehicle on Wednesday, September 25 from a river, more than two months after a landslide at Shirur village in Uttara Kannada district, police said.

The July 16 landslide on National Highway 66



claimed the lives of eight people. With the recovery of Arjun’s body, the death toll has gone up to nine, they said.

The search operations started soon after the landslide were halted on July 28 due to adverse weather conditions, high river current and other factors.