RAJAKUMARI: A two-and-a-half-year-old boy drowned to death after falling into the Panniyar River while playing. The deceased has been identified as Mithran, the son of Theni Cholathevanpetty native Kannan. The family had come to Kannan's wife Bhuvaneshwari's house in Moolathura for the Pongal holiday.

Mithran and his brother Lalit Kumar reached the bank of the Panniyar river near the house at around 2.45 pm today. As Mithran fell into the river, Lalit Kumar went home to call his mother. In the meantime, Mithran was swept away by the river. Following this, locals and the Nedumkandam Fire Force unit conducted a search in the river. The child was found trapped in a tree branch an hour later 100 meters away from the house. Although the child was rushed to the hospital, he could not be saved.