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A 27-year-old skipping manager from Delhi was feared drowned aft being dragged by beardown waves portion bathing successful the oversea disconnected Marina Beach connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) evening. Search operations by the constabulary and occurrence and rescue services are continuing.
The missing antheral has been identified arsenic Harbag Singh, 27, a nonmigratory of Mangalpuri successful New Delhi. He came to Chennai on with 5 of his students to enactment successful a skipping contention held astatine the Tamil Nadu Sports University successful Kandigai Melakottaiyur adjacent Tambaram.
After the competition, they went to Marina Beach astir 2 p.m. connected Thursday. Around 3.30 p.m., they entered the oversea adjacent Vivekananda House. The constabulary said a beardown question abruptly swept Harbag Singh into deeper waters. While the students managed to instrumentality safely, the manager was dragged into the sea.
The students instantly alerted the Marina constabulary unit connected duty. Tamil Nadu Special Police personnel, including Ajith Kumar, on with section constabulary and occurrence and rescue teams, launched a hunt operation.
