Two engineering students from Kerala drowned in the sea off St. Mary’s island in Udupi around 1 p.m. on April 7. Another student is missing.
The students are from Mangalam Engineering College in Kottayam, Kerala. The deceased, whose bodies have been retrieved, have been identified as Allen Reji, 22, and Amal C. Anil, 22. Another student Antony, 21, is missing. Expert swimmer Eshwar Malpe is part of a team that is searching for Antony.
Police said that a team of 42 engineering students and their faculty had visited the island, which is a tourist destination, as part of a leisure tour. The students had begun the tour from their college on April 6 around 4.30 p.m. On reaching Udupi on April 7 morning, they took a boat to the island.
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