Two students drown while taking bath in TN

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 16:22 [IST]

Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, Mar 16 (UNI) Two teen-aged students were drowned when they were taking their bath at Bay of Bengal at the Mahabalipuram tourist spot near here yesterday.

Police said the mishap occurred when the students, who were studying in a tutorial college went for picnic.

The deceased were identified as Rajasekaran (18) of Madurantakam and his friend Sundaresan (19) of Kadapperi.

The bodies were recovered and sent for post-mortem, police added.

UNI

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