NAGERCOIL
Three youngsters from Kerala drowned in Keezh Kothaiyaru in Kanniyakumari district on Sunday.
Vishnu, 25, Santhanu, 20, and Arun Mohan, 24, came to the district from Parassala in Kerala on two bikes. They entered the river near Kothaiyaru bridge to take bath.
Police said that when one of them started drowning after getting caught in an area with slippery rocks, the other two tried to save him. Unfortunately, all of them drowned in the river.
When the passers-by alerted the authorities, police and forest department officials rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies. One of the deceased youth had a towel attached to him with pebbles in it.
Based on the documents kept on their bikes, Pechiparai police alerted Parassalai police. Further investigation is on.