Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Man Who Jumped Into River During Police Operation Found Dead
Police said three men were allegedly taking sand from a river illegally.
They saw police arriving on Monday night.
All three men jumped into the river.
Two of them reached the shore, but Ibrahim disappeared.
Search teams looked along the riverbank and estuary for two days.
His body was found on Thursday morning.
It was near the place where he reportedly jumped.
The body was taken to a hospital for an examination.
Ibrahim, 35, was found dead in Kasaragod’s Arikady area.
Police said he jumped into the Kumbla River on Monday night.
He allegedly fled while extracting sand illegally with two others.
The other two men reportedly swam to shore safely.
Ibrahim’s body was recovered Thursday and sent for postmortem.
- Who
- Ibrahim, 35, of Bambrana village, and two other men were involved, according to police.
- What
- Ibrahim allegedly jumped into the Kumbla River while fleeing a police team during an illegal sand extraction operation and was later found dead.
- When
- The incident occurred Monday night; his body was found Thursday morning.
- Where
- At Arikady in Kasaragod, near the Kumbla River and Arikady Kadavath.
- Why
- Police said the men jumped into the river after seeing officers approaching during the alleged illegal sand extraction.
- Deceased
- Ibrahim, 35
- Residence
- Bambrana village, Arikady Kadavath
- Incident
- Alleged illegal sand extraction from the Kumbla River
- Incident date
- Monday night
- Recovery date
- Thursday morning
- Search effort
- Searches continued along the riverbank and estuary for two days
- Police case
- Kumbla police had registered a missing person case
- Postmortem
- The body was shifted to a nearby hospital