Kundapur: One person died, another was rescued when the duo started drowning while swimming in the sea at Kodi beach here in Kundapur on Monday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Manju (38), a resident of Gandhinagar in Kunadpur. According to the reports, Manju was visiting the beach along with his wife when he went swimming with another person when the incident took place. The other person swimming with Manju tried to save him, but his efforts went in vain.

Locals immediately swung into action and tried to rescue Manju and brought him back to shores, but he had already breathed his last by the time, reports added. His body was later shifted to Kundapur Government Hospital.

Reacting to the incident, several locals voiced their concern over the lack of safety and precautionary measures at the beach even as several deaths and similar incidents have been reported here in the past.

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Shimla (PTI): A woman has been arrested from Punjab for allegedly duping another woman of Rs 25 lakhs by promising her to arrange a visa for Canada, police said on Monday.

The accused has been identified as Manju Kumari, a resident of Punjab.

Senior Superintendent of Police SSP Shimla Gaurav Singh said that Manju had contacted the woman several months ago and had promised her to arrange a visa for Canada.

"After this, she asked for money for the same from the victim, which she transferred to her on multiple occasions. However, as time went by, Manju started to make various excuses and ignored her calls," the SSP said.

Upon suspecting being defrauded, the victim's brother registered a complaint, and a case was registered under sections 318 (4) (cheating), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) and 352 (2) (intentional insults designed to provoke a breach of peace) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the SSP said.

"Police teams were sent to Haryana and Punjab, but she kept evading arrest as she kept changing her locations as well as her mobile numbers. However, the police teams successfully arrested her on Sunday from a flat located in Kharar in Punjab," he said.

Further investigation into the matter is underway, and the defrauded money is also being recovered, he added.