A 15-year-old school student drowned in a farm well on Friday evening.
M. Bharanidharan (15), a Class X student residing at Siddhi Vinayakar Temple Street in Ammapet, went with his friends to a farm well for a bath at Ramasamy Udayar Thottam near Udaiyapatti on Friday afternoon. As he did not know how to swim, he drowned in the well, and his friends raised the alarm. The local residents alerted the Shevapet Fire and Rescue Service. The firefighters rushed to the spot and retrieved the body from the well and sent it to Salem Government Hospital for postmortem. The Ammapet police registered a case and are investigating.
Published – April 19, 2025 06:15 pm IST