Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod
Kasargod, Apr 21: In a tragic incident, two sisters drowned in a pond at Chittarikkal here on Thursday April 21 evening.
The deceased have been identified as Rajalakshmi (12) and her sister Jayashree (9), daughters of Rajeev and Shija, residents of East Eleri.
On Thursday evening, the girls, accompanied by their grandfather, came to a pond that forms part of the river Tejaswini. Jayashree who got into the water first for a bath started drowning. Her elder girl Rajalakshmi at once jumped into the water to save her sister, but both of them drowned.
The locals who heard shouts for help rushed to the spot and brought the girls out of the water. They were rushed to hospital where they were pronounced brought dead.
Chittarikkal police have registered a case.