<p class="title">Three teenagers, who had reportedly gone for a swim, have drowned at Kanchinakattekere (lake) in Bilekallu village in Chikkamagaluru taluk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police have identified the deceased as Chirag (16), Jeevith (14) and Murali (14). All of them were residents of Housing Board Layout in Chikkamagaluru town.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chirag was a Class X student of Infant Jesus School while Jeevith and Murali were students of Class VIII at BGS School.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the Ayudha Puja celebrations on Monday, the trio had left their respective houses for playing and did not return home even after evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DySP Basappa Angadi said, “Their cycle and clothes were found on the banks of the pond. Two bodies were fished out on Monday evening while another was retrieved on Tuesday.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police suspect that the trio went to swim in the lake but drowned.</p>
<p class="title">Three teenagers, who had reportedly gone for a swim, have drowned at Kanchinakattekere (lake) in Bilekallu village in Chikkamagaluru taluk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police have identified the deceased as Chirag (16), Jeevith (14) and Murali (14). All of them were residents of Housing Board Layout in Chikkamagaluru town.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chirag was a Class X student of Infant Jesus School while Jeevith and Murali were students of Class VIII at BGS School.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the Ayudha Puja celebrations on Monday, the trio had left their respective houses for playing and did not return home even after evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DySP Basappa Angadi said, “Their cycle and clothes were found on the banks of the pond. Two bodies were fished out on Monday evening while another was retrieved on Tuesday.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police suspect that the trio went to swim in the lake but drowned.</p>