Mangalore : Ravichandra Rao (24), Swaroop Rao (15) and Kamal Rao (17), who had gone for a bath in the sea drowned near Thenka Yermal Alivekodi (meeting point at the sea) on Sunday (June 27) evening. Local swimmers have found one body that of Kamal Rao by night, but the other two are missing so far.

High tides carried away all the three when they entered the sea. Ravichandra was expected to report for a job in Manipal next day, but lost his life. Kamal Rao had appeared for CET a few days ago.