Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (DV)
Kundapur, May 18: A gram panchayat president was killed in a road accident in Murooru in Kalothodu gram panchayat on Tuesday May 17.
The deceased is identified as Lalitha Shetty (55). It is said that the incident was reported while she was traveling on a bike as a pillion rider. The incident was reported after the bike skidded while she was traveling to her residence for lunch from the gram panchayat after attending a meeting.
As the bike skidded, she fell down from the bike and suffered injuries to her head. Immediately, she was rushed to the hospital in Kundapur. Doctors there confirmed her death.
She was elected as Kalothodu gram panchayat member for the second time. She was serving as gram panchayat president this time. She had earlier served as ASHA worker for 10 years in the Kalothodu region.