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--------------------------------------------------------------- Two Bangalore youth drown off Baga beach -------------------------------------------------------------- Goa’s famed coastline continued to claim victims for the second day in a row, when one youth from Bangalore drowned in the sea off Baga beach on Wednesday afternoon, while his friend expired on the way to hospital.
According to police, a nine-member group of youth arrived in Goa on Tuesday on a sight-seeing trip and were staying in a hotel at Miramar. On Wednesday morning, the group decided to visit the beaches in North Goa. After spending some time at the Calangute beach, the group then proceeded to Baga.
Five members of the group decided to venture into the sea for a swim at about 1.30 pm and a short while later, two of them returned to the shores to click photographs. Moments later, three youth — Ayaraj (25), Ravi J R (26) and Navin Kumar (25) — were hit by a large wave and were pulled into the sea.
The two friends who were on the shore immediately raised an alarm. Local fishermen and the lifeguard on duty rushed to their rescue and managed to pull out Navin, who was rushed to the Candolim Primary Health Centre (PHC) for treatment.
About 20 minutes later, Ayaraj was spotted in the sea and was brought to the shore. He however breathed his last on the way to the Candolim PHC hospital. The body of Ravi was fished out from the sea later at about 4 pm. The two bodies were later taken to the Goa Medical College Hospital at Bambolim for an autopsy. Police has established contacts with the families of the deceased.
Earlier on Tuesday, a teacher and three students from Tamil Nadu drowned off the Colva beach, while a youth from Hubli drowned off the Calangute beach. According to sources, nearly 60 people have drowned in the sea, off the Goan beaches and most of the victims have been tourists. ------------------------------------ HERALD 9/10/03 page 1 -------------------------------------
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