Body for techie recovered from Kalkere Lake

Bengaluru: The body of a tecie who drowmed in Kalkaere n Kalkere Lake in Ramamurthy Nagar on Saturday, Fenruary 8 was recovered by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Sachin Machaiah, 30, a resident of Electronics City. He used to work for a IT firm in Manyata Tech Park. Machaiah, who is originally from Virajpet, is said to have got married just a year ago.

A senior NDRF official said that the body was found around 2 pm on Sunday after searching for a day-and-a-half continuously. The operations began early on Sunday and the NDRF team used cameras to trace the body. Experts swimmers from NDRF went in four separate rafts and lifted the body which was stuck in silt on the lakebed.

The body was then shifted to Ambedkar Hospital for the postmortem before it was handed over to his family, who had arrived from Virajpet on being informed about the tragedy.

Reportedly, Sachin and his friend Ulhas Shamraj (30), who were reportedly drunk, ventured into the lake after a birthday party. The two techies had breached the security and could have illegally entered through the back. While Sachin drowned his friend Ullas managed to swim to the shore.

The Ramamurthy Nagar police have registered a case in this regard.