Married couple, teen nephew drown in river in Kerala

Express News Service

KASARGOD: A married couple and their 16-year-old nephew drowned within the Payaswini river at Kundamkuzhy in Bedadka gram panchayat on Monday.

The deceased have been recognized as Nidhin Rao (35), his spouse Deeksha (30), and Rao’s brother Kishore Kumar’s son Maneesh (16) of Kundamkuzhy.

Nidhin, who labored in Kuwait, got here residence for trip one month in the past. Monday afternoon, 9 family members went to Chotta, a nature protect alongside the rocky Payaswini close to Thonikadav and 2km from their home, for an tour.

Deeksha was standing on a rock in the course of the river when she slipped and began drowning, stated Bedadka sub-inspector Gangadharan M.

“Deeksha did not know swimming and Nidhin jumped in to save her but he also started drowning,” stated the officer.

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Seeing his uncle and aunt drowning, Maneesh, a category X scholar of Government Higher Secondary School in Kundamkuzhi, additionally jumped in. He didn’t even know find out how to swim, stated the sub-inspector.

By then, Ramananda, a relative and ace swimmer, dived and tried to tug out Maneesh by the hair. “He was almost successful, but Deeksha and Nidhin caught Maneesh’s leg in their attempt to save themselves,” he stated.

Three individuals had been one too many for Ramananda to tug out and he too began sinking. “So he had to let go and come up,” stated the officer.

The family then referred to as the Fire and Rescue personnel, and along with the residents launched a seek for the lacking individuals. Around 6 pm, the hearth and rescue personnel fished out the three our bodies.

Police stated the our bodies had been stored on the General Hospital in Kasaragod for postmortem.

The funeral shall be held on Tuesday.