Chennai, March 5 -- Two people--a third standard student and his school Headmaster were drowned in a private pond at Ezhuvapalli village near Hosur Taluk in Krishnagiri district of Tamil
Nadu on Wednesday afternoon and Chief Minister M K Stalin announced a solatium of Rs three
lakh each to their families and offered his condolences.
The deceased were eight-year-old student Nitin, who is studying third standard in the Panchayat Primary school and the school headmaster, Gowrishankar (53).
Police said Nitin slipped and fell in the pond located near the school. As he was battling for life, Gowrishankar jumped into it to rescue him but also met with the watery grave.
Police rushed to the spot, fished out the bodies and sent to Government h...