more-in MADURAI With the water level in Vaigai river going up due to increased release from the Vaigai dam, two boys drowned in the river in different places in the district on Saturday. The first incident happened near Samayanallur when 15-year-old S. Sathish Pandi, studying in a government-aided school in the area, went to take bath in the river and was swept away. Later in the day, his body was recovered from the river in Madurai city near Munichalai. Another incident was reported in New Vilangudi behind a private school. According to the police, T. Periya Karuppu alias Akash (12), a resident of Kamatchi Nagar Third Street in Old Vilangudi, studying in a government-aided school in Arappalayam, had gone with his friends from the locality to the river to immerse a small idol of Lord Vinayakar kept for Vinayakar Chathurthi celebrations. As the boys immersed the idol and got inside the river to take bath, Akash was swept away. His body was recovered later near a check dam in the river.

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