Belagavi, 17 Sept

A woman was swept away and drowned due to flash floods in Gadag district on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in the Rona taluk when she was travelling on the second pillion seat of a bike with two others, and heavy rain pushed the bike into a pond.

The two men with her were able to escape and promptly informed the police. 

"Heavy water flow pushed the bike to the pond in which Basamma drowned," Rohan Jagadish, Gadag Superintendent of police, said. 

Inspector Banakar added that the water level in the pond where Basamma drowned was not more than four feet. 

"The bike that also got washed away in the flow of the water was also recovered," Banakar said.

Based on the information of the hospital staff, Banakar said that Basamma, who was attached to the government health department, might have died due to cardiac arrest.