THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Class 7 student drowned to death while taking a bath in the Karamana River. The deceased is 13-year-old Bijin. He is a class 7 student of Aruvikkara Govt HSS. It is reported Bijin drowned while taking a bath in the river with his friends after school. The body has been shifted to the medical college mortuary for further proceedings.

Meanwhile, two children had drowned in a similar incident in Pathanamthitta last week. Vettoor natives Abhiraj and Rishi Ajith drowned in the Achankovil River while taking a bath. Another child was rescued from the river. The accident occurred when the group of seven children, including Abhiraj and Rishi Ajith, went to the river to take a bath after playing football.