Two children die due to drowning in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) | Two children died due to drowning in Achankovil river in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta on Sunday. Scuba divers who reached the spot pulled the children out of the water and took them to a local hospital where they were brought dead. The deceased have been identified as Abhiraj and Rishi Ajit. The bodies of both the children are at Pathanamthitta General Hospital for post-mortem.

Children who regularly play football near the Achenkovil river go to the river to take a bath after the game. Five others swam to safety, while two boys drowned in the water.

–IANS