The deceased is K Sunil Kumar , a resident of Adukathubayal, near here.
On Wednesday, Sunil ventured into the river along with his friends around 7.30 p.m. to net crabs, the police said.
However, he was swept away in the strong under currents. Though his friends and the local people rescued him and rushed him to the General Hospital, he was declared brought dead by the hospital authorities.
The body was handed over to the relatives after a post-mortem. He was a welder by profession.
In another incident, a 13-year-old girl drowned while taking bath in a pond at Malanthode near Bandadukka under the Badakam police station limits on Thursday.
The deceased is daughter of Narayanan, a resident of Kuppachimala.
Two of her friends managed to save themselves.
The accident occurred around 6 p.m. when Santhra, Class VII student of the Government Upper Primary School, Bandadukka, ventured into the swollen pond along with her classmates Maya and Jijisha to have a bath after school hours, police said.
While Santhra, drowned others managed to rescue themselves.
The girl's body was shifted to the General Hospital here for post-mortem examination
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