MANGALURU: Three tourists died after drowning while one person was rescued by local fishermen at the Hosabettu beach near Kulai on the outskirts of Mangaluru on Wednesday.
The deceased are Manjunath S from Chitradurga, Shivakumar from Shivamogga and Satyavelu from Bengaluru. Parameshwar (30), who hails from Bidar, was rescued. The tourists had come to Mangalur from Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Rescuers managed to fish out the bodies of Shivakumar and Satyavelu on Wednesday and the search for Manjunath continued till late in the evening. The Suratkal police visited the spot.