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Five drown in tank at children's home in Tamil Nadu
A staff nurse and four girls from a government-recognised children's home died in an irrigation tank in Tiruvannamalai on Monday.
In brief
A staff nurse and four girls from a government-recognised children's home died in an irrigation tank in Tiruvannamalai on Monday. A staff nurse and four girls drowned in an irrigation tank in Tiruvannamalai on November ninth, twenty twenty-six. Police said none of the deceased could swim. Originally reported by The…
Five die in irrigation tank
A staff nurse and four girls from a government-recognised children's home drowned in an irrigation tank at Samuthiram village on Monday, November nine, twenty twenty-six.
The victims identified
Staff nurse Thenmozhi, twenty-four, and girls Vijayalakshmi, fourteen, Alli, fourteen, Poomika, thirteen, and Valliammal, sixteen. Three girls were siblings from Karapattu village near Chengam. Valliammal was from Kilpennathur village.
What happened at the tank
Thenmozhi took around thirteen girls to bathe at the irrigation tank on Perumbakkam Main Road.Poomika and her siblings and Valliammal stepped into the water, slipped and fell into a deeper portion.
None of the deceased could swim
Police said the deceased did not know swimming. The home had been functioning for over a decade in the area before the incident on Monday afternoon.
Response and investigation
Residents heard shouts and alerted police and firefighters.Bodies were retrieved and sent to Government Medical College and Hospital in Tiruvannamalai for post-mortem.Collector Vandhana Garg and Superintendent of Police R.Uthayakumar inspected the tank.
Here's the gist
A staff nurse and four girls drowned in an irrigation tank in Tiruvannamalai on November ninth, twenty twenty-six. Police said none of the deceased could swim.
