Subrahmanya : The bodies of two II PU students who were said to have drowned in the Kumaradhara at Kukke Subrahmanya on Monday were recovered on Tuesday.

The Subrahmanya police said Jitesh A.R. (17) and Stephan Raj (17), students of Kukke Subrahmanya Pre-University College, and eight of their classmates went to the bathing ghat for a swim on Monday evening after their classes.

Jitesh and Stephan Raj reportedly ventured deep into the waters, and after a while, the others could not find them and alerted the police and local people. A search for the two was abandoned on Monday as darkness set in.

The police, local swimmers and Fire and Emergency Services personnel recovered the bodies on Tuesday afternoon.

The police said Jitesh was a resident of Guthigar village and Stephan Raj was from Balpa village near Subrahmanya.