BENGALURU: Three daily wage workers who went for a swim at Dodda Gubbi lake in Kothanur, northeastern part of city, on Thursday afternoon, drowned. In all, five men, all residents of Saraipalya in Hennur, had visited the waterbody at 1pm for a swim, said police.
The three who drown are Imran Khan, Mubarak Pasha and Sahil Ahmed, all aged 18. Their friends Abdur Rehman and Shahid, both carpenters, swam back to safety.