Triple deaths: Mother and daughters drown in Aliyar River near Pollachi
Coimbatore: In a tragic incident, a mother and her 2 daughters, drowned in the Aliyar River near Pollachi. Kannammal (40) hails from Indira Nagar, Pollachi.
She works as a noon meals workers at Kottampatti Government School. Her eldest daughter Sandhya (18) was studying in 12th standard and the youngest daughter Satya (15) 10th grade.
Kannammal had come to her mother-in-law's house in Anaimalai with her two daughters four days ago. The three went to wash clothes in the river in the afternoon where the youngest daughter who went into deep waters started drowning. Seeing Sathya drowning, the eldest daughter Sandhya went in to save her.
Seeing the two struggle, the mother Kannammal also went in trying to save them, but all the three drowned not able to withstand the force of the flowing water. The neighbours recovered the bodies and sent them to the Pollachi Government Hospital for autopsy.
Anaimalai police are conducting investigation regarding the incident. The deaths of a mother and her two daughters in the water have saddened the people of Anaimalai.