Four girl students from Government Middle School, Viralimalai, Pudukottai district have died after drowning in the Kaveri river in Mayanur, Karur district during an excursion trip on Wednesday.
Initially, one of the students drowned due to the strong currents in the river. Following this, the three others tried to help but drowned one by one, police said. According to the police, a group of students from the Government Middle School in Viralimalai, Pudukottai district had come for an excursion trip to Mayanur in Karur district.
As per the police, one girl student went into the waters, but she got dragged into the river due to the heavy flow of water. Three more girls jumped into the water to save her, but they also got drowned. The four were identified as Tamilarasi, Sobhiya, Iniya and Lavanya. The students took part in a football competition in Trichy and came to Mayanur for a site-seeing on Wednesday. Based on the information, the Karur Fire and Rescue Department members rushed to the spot and started the operation to trace the missing students. Later, the police recovered the bodies of all the four students with the help of the residents.
