Mangaluru, Dec 7: A 19-year-old engineering student was feared drowned while swimming in a rivulet near Parashurama temple at Kokkada in Belthangady taluk.
In an incident which occurred in Holegandi rivulet near Lord Parashurama temple near Kokkada in the taluk, a young engineering student, who was swimming in a rivulet, went missing. It is believed that he has drowned. Search operations conducted so far could not trace the student.
A group of four friends had gone to the rivulet on Sunday afternoon. Among them Ajay entered the rivulet and started swimming while Vrikshavardhan, Aneesh and Chandan Khare were having fun.
All of a sudden Ajay lost control and drowned before the eyes of his friends, who made a futile attempt to rescue him.
The helpless trio then rushed to the nearby temple and narrated the story. Within a few minutes more people visited the spot and searched for the missing student till late evening but in vain.
The expert divers have resumed search operation on Monday morning at the rivulet. Dozens of students from his college also have gathered at the spot.
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