The medicos arrived in Kanniyakumari district on 5 May to take part in the wedding of a student's brother, the official said adding the bodies were being sent to the families.
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Five students of a private medical college in Tiruchirappalli drowned in the sea off the coast of Kanniyakumari on Monday, 6 May, police said.
Expressing grief, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin conveyed his condolences and sympathies to the kin of the deceased.
He also said necessary assistance would be provided to the bereaved families after getting the Election Commission’s permission.
A group of MBBS students doing their house surgeonship at the Tiruchirappalli college went to Lemur Beach at Rajakkamangalam. A huge wave dragged several of them into the sea.
“Two women and three men drowned,” Kanniyakumari police superintendent E Sundaravathanam said.
To a question, the police official said the local people had told the students to avoid going to the beach in view of official warnings of sudden ‘swell waves.’
The students, however, managed to reach the beach by going through a coconut grove.
The official said that they arrived in Kanniyakumari district on 5 May to take part in the wedding of a student’s brother. He added that the authorities were sending the bodies to the families.
Three students, who were part of the group, are receiving treatment at a government hospital.
According to a government press release in Kanniyakumari, Gayathri (25), Charukavi (23), Sarvadarshit (23), Praveen Sam (23), and Venkatesh (24) drowned after the sea dragged them in.
Of the five deceased, Venkatesh is a native of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and others hail from various regions of Tamil Nadu.
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