By Express News Service
PALAKKAD: Two vacationers from Tamil Nadu drowned whereas bathing at Mannathipalam on the Nooradi-Karappara route in Nelliampathy on Saturday.
They have been a part of an eight-member workforce from Tirupur who got here for sightseeing in Nelliampathy as a part of the Pongal celebrations.
They have been recognized as Kirubakaran, 22 , son of Muthu, Vellarikad, Tirupur and Kishore, 22, son of Balasubramaniam, Angamalan Nagar, Naatipalayam, Tirupur.
Padagiri police stated the eight-member workforce had entered the waters at Mannathipalam at 11 am and got here again to the banks.
At midday, one of many youths once more entered the waters on seeing a fish. There was a pit within the river and he slipped into it. The different particular person tried to avoid wasting him and he was additionally drowned within the course of.
The our bodies have been taken to the district hospital in Palakkad. The postmortem will probably be performed and the our bodies handed over to family.