College student drowns in sea off Neelankarai beach

Chennai: A college student drowned and his friend was rescued after a wave washed them away from shore while they were bathing at Neelankarai beach on Thursday night. Police said Babu, 20, a native of Ulundurpet, and his friends Kumaravel,

Dilli Ganesh

,

Gowtham

and

Sathishkumar

, were all in the water when a wave swept

Babu

and Kumaravel away. While Babu died, Kumaravel survived. Police have registered a case of drowning and are investigating. tnn