Inchara Digitals
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi
Udupi, Oct 25: Three members of the same family are suspected to have died at Kaup beach today evening.
The persons are Jadadish Rao (40) from Karkala, his cousin Sunil Rao (33) from Sanur and nephew Harsha (14) from Bangalore. Only the body of Jagdish Rao has been found while the search for others is on.
Jagdish Rao who was doing photo lamination business in Karkala is survived by wife and two children. Unmarried Sunil Rao is survived by mother, a brother and a sister. Harsha, the son of Harishchandra and Bhagirathi was studying in a Bangalore school.
Harishchandra(45) and Prajwal (14) are the persons who have been rescued.
It is said that 18 members from the family were at Kaup beach on a picnic. On insistence by 8 children from the group, all went for swimming despite warning from locals.
The rescue team with the police led by inspector Manjappa are still searching in the waters. Rescuer Soori Shetty is also involved in the rescue efforts with the locals.
Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar visited the spot.