Three teenagers drown in channel near Madurai

MADURAI: Three teenagers drowned while bathing in a channel at Thukkalapatti in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday evening.
The deceased have been identified as R Gopi Krishnan,19, his brother R Kishore Kumar, 18 and their friend N Hariharan,18.
The trio were bathing in the channel -- Periya Atru Kalvai -- with their friends. They drowned while bathing in a deeper section of the channel.
Fire and rescue services personnel recovered the bodies and sent them to Government Rajaji Hospital for postmortem.
The Othakadai police registered a case.
Though bathing is prohibited in the channel, youngsters bathe there.