Two bodies wash ashore at Digha

Kolkata: The bodies of two teenagers, who drowned in the sea at Digha on Sunday, washed ashore near Mohona, a few kilometers away from where the incident had occurred.

The victims have been identified as Sanu Choudhury (18) and Ankit Agarwal (17). The victims, who were the residents of Jharkhand, came to Digha along with some of their friends, police said.

It was learnt that the victims were swept away by the current when the duo was taking bath in the sea.

The victim's companions lodged a complaint at the local police station on Sunday. They told police that the victims went to the sea beach on Sunday afternoon. When the associates went to the sea beach, they found that they were missing.

Some other people, who were taking bath in the sea beach, told them two youth drowned in the sea while taking bath.

A search was conducted in the sea but the bodies could not be found.

Some locals at the Mohona spotted that the two bodies were lying on the seashore on early Monday morning and informed the matter to the police station.

They sent the bodies for the post-mortem examination. Police have started a probe in this regard.