12-year-old boy dies after accidentally strangling himself with towel

KOTTAYAM: A 12-year-old boy was found strangled to death in a bathroom. The deceased has been identified as Dhanush, son of Mariyappally native Damodaran Namboothiri and Divya.

The tragic incident took place on Thursday morning after Dhanush went to bath. It was Divya who found him lying unconscious in the bathroom with the towel around his neck. Although the boy was immediately rushed to the hospital, he was soon pronounced dead. Dhanush is a class 6 student of Belmont school, Manippuzha. The body is currently kept at the mortuary in Medical College Hospital. Funeral will take place on Friday afternoon.