Two students drown in pond at Palakkad

Palakkad: Two Class IX students of Bharathmatha Higher Secondary School here drowned while swimming in a pond near Chandra Nagar Polytechnic on Saturday.

The incident occurred at 11.30 am. The deceased students are Jamshad of Kalleppully Archana Colony and Hari, son of Mohandas of Puthan Veedu, residing at Mathoor at Chunga-mandham. Four students had entered the water and two drowned.

On being informed, the fire force and police personnel rushed to the spot but could not save the lives of the students.