Techie drowns to death in Jigani quarry

The body of a 30-year-old techie who drowned while swimming at a stone quarry near Yellammanadoddi, close to Jigani, was recovered on Sunday after a two-day search operation.

The deceased has been identified as Ganesh Anjaneya Vinay, 30, a native of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, who was working for a private software company in Bengaluru and was residing in Ulsoor.

Vinay had planned a trekking trip on the occasion of the Gandhi Jayanti holiday and had joined a group of eight people who came together through an Instagram group.