Three Udupi fishermen drown after boat capsizes, body of one found near Kundapur

UDUPI: Three fishermen drowned after their boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Udupi coast on Tuesday. The body of one of them was found on Wednesday morning.

The fishermen had gone out to sea and were returning when their boat capsized. The body of Lohit Kharvi (38) was found near the Kodi lighthoue in Kundapur taluk on Tuesday.

While the body of Lohit (left) was found, a search is on for the other two missing fishermen.

The police, firefighters and rescuers continued their search on Wednesday for the missing fishermen Suresh Kharvi (45) and Jagadish Kharvi (36).