KUZHITHURA: Two students and a temporary staff of the Agricultural College in Vellayani drowned to death at Kothayar near Pechippara in Kanyakumari district. The tragic incident was around 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Vishnu (24), MSc. Integrated Biotechnology student and son of Vijayan from Plamoottikkada, Shanthanu (24), BSc Agriculture student and son of Subash of Pangappara Vivek Villa and Arun Mohan (23), temporary staff and son of Mohanan are the ones that met with their death. Shanthanu was under treatment for cancer.

The police assume that the youth might have slipped into deeper parts of the river. On the information from the locals, a team lead by Kulasekharam Inspector Rajasundaram took the youth out of the river, but they had already died. The dead bodies are with Asharipallam Medical College Hospital mortuary.