Vishakhapatam: Students swept by wave while clicking selfies; 1 dead, 1 missing

Four students were clicking selfies while standing on a rock. A big wave lashed the rock and swept two of them into the sea.

A 17-year-old student drowned in the sea while clicking selfies with friends off the Jodugullapalem beach in Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday, police said.

Waves break on the shore in Malta.(REUTERS/ Representative image)

Another student is feared drowned. Five students from Madhurawada area in Vishakhapatnam had gone to the beach as their exams had recently concluded, a senior police official from Arilova police station.

Four of them, K Amrutha (17), DM Kalyan (18), Anil and Rajesh were clicking selfies while standing on a rock Wednesday morning. A big wave lashed the rock and swept Amrutha and Kalyan into the sea, he added.

The deceased, Amrutha, was studying at a junior college here. His body was found while a search operation is underway to locate Kalyan, the official said, adding a case has been registered.