Mangalore: A 32-years old man, who was washing his body across a sea in Ullal, near here, drowned.

According to sources, the youth identified as Muhammed Hanif, had gone to sea after playing cricket on sea ground in Ullal​. It is said that, initially he slipped and fell in the sea and later went on drowning.

Hanif was professionally a painter in Mastikatti.

The search operation is going on to trace him.