This is the horrific moment a rescue effort goes haywire and fails to save a drowning man. <br /><br />The incident occurred near Mysore in India on June 3. <br /><br />Somashekar, 42, a senior scientist from Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) had gone to Chunchunkatte waterfalls with his family on a weekend trip. <br /><br />At 4.30pm a hydroelectric power station in the upstream suddenly released water leading to a surge in the surge in the flow of the river. <br /><br />Somshekar and another man got trapped amidst the boulders and local villagers rushed in to rescue them. <br /><br />Two men used a makeshit rope to pull Somshekar to safety. But the rope snapped under his weight and as bystanders shrieked in horror as he was swept away. <br /><br />His body was found today (June 4).<br /><br />An eyewitness Lakshmisha said: “Two local men fastened a rope using clothes as they had to pull him out quickly before the water level rose further. That gave in and resulted in tragedy.”<br /><br />The power station alerts people before discharging water by blaring a siren. But tourists are not aware of it, local villagers said.
