Mangalore: Body of Third Drowned Student Suresh Traced
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SM/MB)
Mangalore, Jul 24: Three engineering students hailing from Salem in Tamil Nadu drowned in Panambur Beach recently. Two bodies, those of Sadasivam and Satish were washed ashore on July 20.
Among them Suresh Kumar’s body was traced at Guddekoppalu under Suratkal police station limits on Monday July 23.
According to the police, the body has been identified as that of Suresh. About 48 students from Salems’ Sona College of Technology along with their two professors had come here on Friday July 20 on an educational tour to visit industrial units in Mangalore.
By way of diversion, they visited the Panambur beach and went on swimming, in spite of the locals’ warning about the place being hazardous for swimming, according to eyewitnesses. Three students drowned while swimming.
File pics of rescue operation
The bodies of Satish Kumar and M Sadashivam were washed ashore near the Light House at Suratkal and Hosabettu on Sunday July 22.
The body of Suresh Kumar was handed over to his relatives after the post-mortem.
Mangalore: Bodies of Two out of Three Drowned Students Found at Suratkal
Mangalore, Jul 22: Two dead bodies of drowned students were recovered on Sunday July 22.
Three students from Salem in Tamil Nadu had drowned at Panambur beach on Saturday July 21
Among them Sadashivam's body was found at Hosabettu beach near Suratkal in the evening on Sunday. That of another deceased Satishkumar was found on the beach near NITK Suratkal.
The body of Suresh is still missing, sources said.
Three Students from Tamil Nadu Drown at Panambur Beach
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (GA)
Mangalore, Jul 20: In yet another water tragedy three students from Tamil Nadu met watery grave at Panambur beach here on Friday July 20 morning.
The drowned have been identified as Santhosh, Sudesh and Suresh, students of Sona College from Salem. They had come on an educational trip to the city along with 42 of their companions and 2 lecturers. Among them 9 were women.
The entire group had come to Panambur beach in the morning. Despite the sea was rough, some students had got into the sea to swim ignoring the warnings by the locals. Warning signals have even been put on various boards along the beach. But most of the tourists ignore this to their own peril, say locals.
Coast Guards have already launched massive search operation to fish out the drowned. Panambur police have registered a case in this regard.