Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Apr 9: In an incident which took place at Balla Kadappura, Kanhangad, a boy who was taking bath along with his friends in the sea drowned on Thursday April 8.
The unfortunate boy has been identified as Ajmal (14), son of Zacharia from Vadagara Muk. Ajmal had approached the sea along with six of his friends on Thursday evening to take a bath. Due to the force of the waves, he was washed away all of a sudden. Search operations were launched immediately on Thursday evening, and his mortal remains were located at 11 am on Friday.
The body has been taken to the district hospital where it will be released to the relatives after post-mortem.
The deceased was a ninth standard student of Hosdurg higher secondary school.