SRIKRISHNAPURAM: Two students drowned while taking a bath in the Theruvu Parakkadavu area of Karimpuzha river. The deceased have been identified as Fahad (21), son of Hydrose and Adarsh (21), son of Karuppuswamy, who lived near Nenmeni ALPS, Kollangode, and were fourth-year students of Srikrishnapuram Govt. Engineering College.

The incident happened on Friday afternoon. Both of them drowned while swimming in the river. Karimpuzha Trauma Care volunteers and local residents rescued both of them. Srikrishnapuram police took action. The dead bodies were shifted to private hospital mortuary in Mannarkadu.