7 months ago
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Two youths drowned successful an irrigation canal astatine Poondi colony adjacent Walajah municipality successful Ranipet portion they went to instrumentality bath successful the waterbody.
Police said the deceased were identified arsenic P. Arun (24), a nonmigratory of Chennai, and S. Manikandan, a autochthonal of Nemili adjacent Ranipet. They were moving successful a backstage physics institution successful Oragadam successful Kancheepuram.
Initial enquiry revealed that on with a radical of friends, the duo camped adjacent the canal to walk their leisure time. The portion has been witnessing regular rains, resulting successful emergence of h2o level successful h2o bodies successful the area.
Police said that arsenic their friends were doing different enactment including cooking astatine the bund, the duo jumped into the canal to instrumentality bath. Unaware of the extent of the waterbody, the duo went to a deeper information of the canal, which is astir 40-ft heavy and drowned.
Based connected alert, occurrence fighters from Ranipet rushed to the spot. A lawsuit was registered by Walajah police. A probe is underway.
