Two people drowned in an irrigation canal while another escaped in Radderhatti village near Athani in Belagavi district on Friday.
The police said that 28-year-old Suresh Pujari and 25-year-old Mahadev Chigari died when their car fell into the canal of the Karimasuti Irrigation Scheme.
Their co-passenger, Srikant Naduvinamani, however, swam to safety.
A case has been registered. The police have retrieved the bodies and also pulled out the car.
