ALAPPUZHA: Three youths who went to take bath in the Pamba river, died by drowning in the river. The dead youths—Sreejith, Haneesh and Sajad are the natives of Karunagappally. The unfortunate accident happened at Veeyapuram near Haripad. The trio reached Veeyapuram to visit their friend in the area.

They reached their friends' home by 3 pm on Sunday and later the group of five youths went to Pamba river’s banks to take a bath but among the five, three were reported missing. The dead bodies of the missing youths were found after a combined search operation launched by the people in the area and the fire force. The dead bodies were later transferred to the taluk hospital in Kayamkulam.