VENJARAMMOODU: A polytechnic student drowned while taking bath in the Vamanapuram river in Thiruvananthapuram. The deceased has been identified as Sabari (21), son of Punalur native Sajeev and Sreedevi. Sabari was a second-year mechanical student of a private polytechnic college in Venjarammoodu.

Sabari and his two friends reached the riverbank near Melattumoozhi on Monday afternoon. Sabari lost his balance and drowned in the river soon after the three entered deep water. Although the locals carried out a search for Sabari, they weren't able to find him.

The body was later found in a search conducted by the Venjarammoodu fire brigade and police. The body is being kept at the mortuary of Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.