Two Tamil Nadu tourists drown while clicking selfies

Panaji: Two tourists from Tamil Nadu drowned in separate incidents while clicking selfies in the Arabian Sea near beaches in Goa, the police said today. A group of eight tourists from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu visited the Baga beach in North Goa district on Saturday evening.

“Three of the group members went to a rocky stretch in the waters. As they were clicking selfies on their mobile phones, a strong sea wave hit them,” police said. While two of the group members managed to swim to safety, the third person  from Vellore  drowned.