By Mukesh 
Ankit Bhimappa Karatagi, son of a daily wage labourer, secured second rank in the State in Science stream in the II PU examination, by scoring 598 out of 600 marks.
The student of Morarji Desai Residential Science Pre-University College in Nidasosi near Hukkeri in Belagavi ditrict, Karatagi scored 100 marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Kannada and 98 in English.