A 20-year-old degree student from Bengaluru drowned in the Arabian Sea at Murudeshwara in Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday.
Murudeshwar police have named the deceased as 20-year-old Pawan Naik, a resident of Electronics City, Bangalore.
Police said Naik, a third-year student of Reddy College in Koramangala, had come to the beach on Tuesday morning with five friends.
As Naik and his two friends were entering the sea, police and lifeguards stopped them and asked them and other tourists to return as the sea was rough due to the monsoon.
According to the police, ignoring their advice, Naik and his two friends went into the sea and got caught in the cross current.
While Naik drowned, lifeguards managed to save two of his friends.
one more missing
Santosh, 19, a resident of Kalghatgi, is feared to have drowned in the sea at Murudeshwar on Monday. Police said Santosh and 21 others had come to the Murudeshwar beach on Monday.
Police and lifeguards told them not to go into the sea. Santosh and his two friends, Hasan Majigowda, 21, and Sanjeev Hebballi, 20, went into the sea. All three got caught in the cross current
Police said lifeguards rescued Mazagigodar and Hebbally. Police said that Santosh is being searched.
Police said some tourists are ignoring their warnings and entering the sea putting their lives at risk. Police said there have been several incidents of tourists abusing lifeguards before entering the sea.