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------------------------------------------------------------ Five, including three students drown in state ------------------------------------------------------------ In a day of drownings, five persons, including three students met their watery graves at Colva and Calangute beach respectively. A teacher and three minor students of a higher secondary school in Tamil Nadu who went for a swim at Colva beach were drowned today early morning while one student was rescued by local fishermen who were on the shore when the tragedy struck.
Police said that all the five who were swept away by the strong under currents were removed by local fishermen immediately and shifted to Margao hospicio hospital. However, four of them were declared dead after admission while one of them survived .
The deceased were identified as K Biju (24), B Pravin (13), Dilip Kumar (15) and S Nikesh (14). Shrikant (13) has been referred to Margao Hospicio hospital, who has been stated to be out of danger.
Police said that a group of 101 which includes 90 students and 11 teachers including principal Ms Uma Mahaswari from Bhariti Vidhya Mandir higher secondary school, Tamil Nadu had come to Goa on study tour on October 5 by train. They were staying in hotel at Colva which is close to the beach and were supposed to leave this evening by Netravali Express .
Today morning, a group of 25 students including a teacher decided to play on the beach and later went for a swim and the tragedy struck when four students were swept away by under currents.The teacher, K Biju, who tried to rescue them also drowned.
In another case, Imtiaz Ahmed, a 31-year old medical representative from Hubli drowned in the sea at Calangute beach around 4 p.m. today, Calangute police said. Mr Ahmed had arrived in Goa yesterday to attend a conference in Margao. Today he came to Calangute beach with a group of 20 colleagues and went for a swim in the sea, when he was pulled in by strong currents.
The Calangute police said the lifeguards and beach policemen rushed to his aid and succeeded in pulling him out. But when he was taken to the Primary Health Centre at Candolim, doctors pronounced him brought-in-dead, police said.
His body has been sent to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim, for the post mortem which is scheduled for tomorrow. The Calangute police sub-inspector, Mr Rajesh Kumar is investigating. -------------------------------------------------- The Navhind Times 8/10/03 page 1 --------------------------------------------------
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