Three students, including a teacher, died

Police said that the dead bodies of a teacher and 3 students of a private educational institution have been recovered from the Tatthamala Nanima Vattai Pond in Kokkaticholai Police Division, Batticaloa.

The teachers studying at Kalumundanveli Gajamugan Education Center and the students who are going to write the General Standard Ordinary Level Examination this time went on a tour to the area where the Nalipduwattadai Pond is located in Thanthamalai area.

When the canoe goes to the middle of the pond, water fills the canoe through the spout in the canoe. The students who were travelling in it shouted and screamed.

In this case, Kivethan, a teacher, swam in the pool and tried to save the students. 4 people died in this incident. In this, the announcer, 27-year-old Y. Kivethan (Krithan), a graduate and teacher of a private educational institution, and 16-year-old students who are studying in the general standard of education at Gajamun Vidyalaya, Mat.Bad. They have been recovered as corpses.