Panaji, June 11 : Three tourists from Maharashtra, including a policeman, drowned at Goa's Calangute beach on Monday morning while two others are missing, police said.

The deceased and the missing were part of a group of 14 tourists who arrived in Goa on Monday from Akola by train and headed straight for the Calangute beach.

After they went swimming, strong currents pulled five of them into the sea. Swimming has been banned following the onset on monsoons.

The dead were identified as Pritesh Gawali (32), a police constable, Chetan Gawali (27), a student, and Ujwal Vakode (25), all from Akola. The two who went missing are Kiran Mhaske and Shubham Vaidya, said police Inspector Jivba Dalvi.



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Hassan: Apparently upset over scoring less marks in the II PUC exams, a student reportedly ended his life by hanging in Arsikere taluk of Hassan district.

The deceased, identified as Manoj, was a student of Ananth International PU School in Arsikere town. Family members stated that he had expected more marks in the exam. The 18-year-old boy was frustrated after getting 474 marks and might have taken the extreme step, they added.

His parents were not at home when he took the extreme step.

(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)