MANGALAPURAM: In a tragic incident, an eleven-year-old boy slipped and fell into a ditch and drowned. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Irfan, son of Koithoorkonam native Muhammad Badusha and Sheeja.

The incident took place at 3.30 pm on Monday at a ditch near Kalloor. Irfan, who was on his way to a nearby relative's house, fell off a ramp and into a pool while standing by the ditch. Although his relative rushed to the spot, she was not able to rescue him. Upon hearing the woman scream, some of the locals rushed to the spot and rescued the child from the ditch. However, the child was soon declared dead. Irfan was a class five student of Kallur UPS school. Sister-Fatima. His body was buried in the Muslim Jamaat.