PANAJI
Tragedy struck at Morjim beach on Thursday morning as two tourists -- Faiz Ahmed, aged 47 years, from Pune, and Rajesh Sharma, 50, from Bangalore, drowned simultaneously around 8.30 am.
Ahmed, who arrived in Goa with his wife and children three days ago, was staying at a Morjim resort.
According to the police, his lifeless body was recovered by lifeguards and taken to Community Health Centre, Pernem, where he was declared dead by the doctor.
In a separate incident, Sharma who had visited Morjim with a friend, also drowned even though lifeguards swiftly responded to the distress call. Police said the lifeguards retrieved his body and sent it to Community Health Centre, Pernem, where he, too, was pronounced dead.
Meanwhile, the body of the 11 year old boy was recovered from the river Sal on Thursday.
The minor was feared drowned on Wednesday evening where he along with two other teenagers had gone for clam fishing in the river at Betul.
Cuncolim police station in charge PI Diego Gracias informed that the body was later handed over to the relatives.
Of late, there has been a spate of drowning incidents at several beaches across the State. Last month, a holiday in Goa ahead of a marriage ended in tragedy when two brothers from Jammu and Kashmir drowned in the sea off Arambol.
