Moodbidre: A Manipuri student studying at Alva’s College drowned at Kadalakere Nisargadhama, near Moodbidri, on Sunday.
Around 4 p.m., Bumkin Chandra Singh (21), a second-year social work student, had gone to the lake with four of his friends for a swim.
His friends raised an alarm after he did not surface, said the Moodbidri police, who said the 10-feet-depth lake had strong undercurrents at some points.