Kumta: Two students, who were drowning in the sea were rescued by the lifeguards at the Gokarna beach in Kumta taluka on 11th November, Saturday morning. 

It was learned that a group of seven students from Bengaluru had come to Gokarna on a tour. They had ventured into the sea when two of them were about wash away by high waves. 

A team of lifeguards including Mohan Ambi, Raju Ambi, Chandrakant and Purushottam Harikanth rose to the occasion and saved the two from drowning. The rescued students are Ramesh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh and Kamalesh Kumar of Madhya Pradesh.

A case has been registered in Gokarna police station.