PARAVUR: A father and daughter drowned while fishing at Veeranpuzha in Ezhikkara panchayat. The deceased are Babu, 50, and daughter Nimmya, 16. The accident took place Saturday night about 100 meters from the shore.

In the morning Babu had spread the net but did not catch any fish. At night, his daughter accompanied him to help him take the net. It is believed that they fell into the river while taking the net. Hearing the cries many jumped into the river to save them.

First Babu and then Nimmya was found and taken to the Paravur Taluk hospital. But they had died by the time. Their fiber boat got drowned in the river.

The water in the river was high when the accident took place. Nimmya is a plus one student at Kadamakudi Government Vocational Higher Secondary School. Babu is survived by his wife Vineetha and son Mithun.