In Kerala, four persons including two women drowned after they were swept away by strong waves off Thikkodi beach in Kozhikode last evening. The mishap took place when five persons, part of a group from Kalpetta in Wayanad district, ventured into the sea. Local people and fishermen pulled them out of the water, but the lives of four could not be saved. One woman, who was rescued, has been admitted to a hospital. The group, comprising 26 persons, were members and staff of a local gym in Kalpetta and had visited the beach on a leisure trip.