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Tragedy Strikes: Two Girls Drown in Erode Pond While Fishing
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News18•30-09-2026, 09:00
Tragedy Strikes: Two Girls Drown in Erode Pond While Fishing
- •Two 13-year-old girls, Anusri and Dhanushkasri, drowned in a pond in Rayapalayam Pudur village, Erode district.
- •The Class eight students had gone to the pond for fishing on Tuesday.
- •Their parents grew suspicious after they did not return home for over two hours and alerted authorities.
- •Police and Fire and Rescue Services conducted a search, recovering their bodies from the pond.
- •Authorities suspect the girls accidentally fell into the pond while fishing; a drowning case has been registered.
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Two eighth-grade girls, Anusri and Dhanushkasri, went to a pond in Rayapalayam Pudur village for fishing and unfortunately drowned after police suspect they accidentally fell into the water.
When the two girls did not return home for over two hours after going out to fish, their parents grew suspicious and notified both the Chitode Police and the Fire and Rescue Services.
The recovered bodies were sent to the Government Medical College Hospital for a postmortem examination, and the Chitode Police officially registered a drowning case.
