5 killed in Karnataka’s Raichur as mercury level touches 45

Hanumanth’s death due to extreme heat added to the district’s sunstroke death toll of five. Mukkunda gram panchayat in Sindhanur taluk saw four deaths, including Veeresh Hanumanthappa Madiwal, Gangamma Devadasi, Pradeep Thimmanna Pujari, and Durgamma Hanumanthappa Uppar.