THANJAVUR: In a tragic incident, a woman along with her two children drowned in Kollidam river in Anaikkarai near Kumbakonam today.
The 33-year-old Rajeswari, wife of Marudhaiyan and resident of Angalamman koil fishermen street in Anaikkarai, had been washing her clothes on the bank of Kollidam river. Then, her two children Yasini (8) and Madhavan (5) stepped into river to bathe when they mired in the quicksand and drowned. Rajeswari who was shocked to see her children drowning in river attempted to rescue them when she herself caught trapped in the in the quick sand and drowned.
Local residents along with police personnel retrieved the bodies and sent them to government hospital in Kumbakonam for postmortem. Thiruppanandal police have registered a case and further investigation is on.