KOLLAM: In a tragic incident, two Malayali medical students drowned in a lake in Russia. The deceased have been identified as Siddhartha Sunil (24), son of Kollam native K Sunilkumar and Sindhu Sunil and Pratyusha (24), only daughter of Kannur native Late Prabanan and CA Shirley. Both of them were students at Smolensk State Medical University in Russia.

The incident happened last Saturday. A group of eight students, including Siddhartha and Pratyusha, reached the lake near the college at around 5 pm. After some time, Pratyusha accidentally fell into the lake and drowned. Siddhartha too drowned in the lake while attempting to save Pratyusha. The bodies will be brought to the Russian capital Moscow today. They will be brought to Kerala as soon as the procedures are completed.