Udupi: Three of Family Drown in Sea at Alvekodi—Tenka Yermal
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Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Jun 27: Three youngsters of a family drowned in the Arabian Sea on Sunday June 27 while they were spending an evening on the beach at Alvekodi - Tenka Yermal, near Padubidri, here.
The deceased have been identified as Ravichandra (24) and Swaroop (15) sons of Shakunthala, resident of Alvekodi–Tenka Yermal and Kamal Rao (17), son of Raghavendra, brother of Shakunthala. Local divers managed to retrieve the body of Kamal.
Kamal and Ravichandra were playing in the water when they were dragged away to sea by the current. Swaroop plunged into the sea to rescue them when the strong ocean current pulled him in as well.
Swaroop had recently completed his SSLC and was supposed to join service at Manipal on Monday June 28.
Kamal lived in Chennai and had given the CET examination after passing his II PUC. He had come to his hometown with his father a few days ago.
The search is on to retrieve the body of the other two. The local fishermen are hesitant to patrol the sea shore due to the rough sea.
Padubidri police arrived at the location and are co-ordinating the efforts in retrieving the two other bodies.