Newskarnataka – Kundapur

Kundapur: A youth drowned at Kodi beach late evening on Thursday April 3 when he was swimming at Halavalli.

The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Munishama Reddy, a resident of Chikkaballapur. He was the  son of Narayan Swamy.

As per the complaint filed by Gopi, Munishama along with four other friends, Bharath, Santhosh, Venkatesh and Gopinath had gone to Kodi beach on Thursday evening.

Munishama, Bharath and Venkatesh went for a swim  when Munishama got pulled in by the strong currents.

Munishama used to work as a tower technician in a company called Tejasivini, based in Malleshwaram, Bangalore. All four had come on work to Udupi district 20 days ago.

A case has been registered in Kundapur police station. Kundapur police and locals have launched a search operation for the missing youth.