Two others survived after being rescued. Karwar: Two employees of a Bengaluru-based company died, and another remained missing after five colleagues were swept away by strong waves at Dubbansashi Beach in Gokarna on Sunday morning.
Search operation at Gokarna Beach The five were among 16 employees of a company based in Bellandur, Bengaluru, who arrived in Gokarna on Saturday evening and checked into a resort near the beach. Shobha Das, 22, originally from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and living in Bengaluru, died at the health centre. Vishwa AK, 24, of Kalyan Nagar, Bengaluru, was swept out to sea and remained missing. Nishanth DV, 26, and Mohammed Qasim survived and were recovering after treatment.
Local fishermen and lifeguards noticed them in distress and launched a rescue operation, bringing four ashore. Stricter measures would be introduced to prevent people from entering the sea, he added. Stay updated with the latest Mangaluru news.
Gokarna police said further legal action would be taken after the relatives arrived and a complaint was received. Uttara Kannada SP Deepan MN said warning boards advising visitors not to enter the sea had been installed at major beaches across the district. Deepan said some visitors continued to ignore warnings and enter the water.
They entered the sea for a swim the following morning. They were taken by ambulance to Gokarna Primary Health Centre. Team leader Mohammed Akram, a resident of Bengaluru’s Muslim Colony, was critically injured and died near Murudeshwar while being taken to another hospital. Search operations were under way. The bodies were sent to the mortuary at Karwar Medical College, and the families were informed. Police also educated tourists about the dangers, while hotel and resort owners had been asked to take precautions and keep life jackets available. Download the TOI App.