Twin brothers drown in temple pond in Kerala; bodies recovered hours later

Palakkad (Kerala): In a tragic incident, twin brothers drowned in a pond near a Shiva temple in Chittur, and their bodies were recovered hours later, police said.

The victims, Raman and Lakshmanan, both 14, were the sons of Kasiviswanathan of Chamaparambu, Annikode. The boys had left home around 6 pm on Saturday to visit the nearby temple, but did not return.

When they failed to come back, the family began searching for them around 7 pm. Police and local residents also joined the search and inspected the pond near the temple. However, the boys could not be located that night.

On Sunday morning, the search resumed, and the bodies of the twins were found in the pond, confirming that they had drowned.

A missing person case was registered following Kasiviswanathan's complaint.

On Sunday morning, people who had come to the pond to bathe found the body of Lakshmanan, a police officer said.

During a subsequent search with the help of the Fire and Rescue Services, Raman's body was recovered at around 10 am.

Police said the brothers' electric scooter was found near the pond. Both were class IX students of the Chittur Government Boys' School.

The bodies were shifted to the Chittur Taluk Hospital for postmortem and will be handed over to their relatives later, police added. PTI