3 dental college students drown in Kerala's Palavanpady river

Three students of Mar Baselios Dental College drowned in the Palavanpady river near Kothamangalam, Kerala. Nine students had gone to the river on a holiday. One student was swept away by a strong current, and two friends jumped in to rescue him, but all three drowned. They were recovered by police and fire force teams and declared dead at the hospital.