Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Three Drown in Separate Kerala Incidents, Including Two Minors
Three people died in two separate drowning incidents in Kerala.
Two of them were in a group that entered a river to learn swimming.
The group was caught by a strong current.
Two people escaped, but Nabeel and Sinan could not be saved.
Local people and rescue workers searched for them.
Nabeel was taken to a hospital but later died.
Sinan was found around 6 p.m.
but could not be saved.
In another incident, 15-year-old Muhammad Shahin drowned in a waterbody near Koduvally.
Rescue workers found him and took him to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
Three people, including two minors, drowned in separate incidents in Kerala on Friday, police said.
Two people drowned in the Chovva river at Maniyur near Vadakara while a group was learning to swim.
Nabeel, 19, and Sinan, 12, both from Orkkatteri near Vadakara, died after being recovered from the river.
Two members of the four-person swimming group escaped the strong current.
A 15-year-old boy, Muhammad Shahin, drowned in a waterbody at Manipuram near Koduvally.
- Who
- Nabeel, 19; Sinan, 12; and Muhammad Shahin, 15, died in the incidents.
- What
- Three people drowned in separate incidents.
- When
- Friday, August 28; Sinan was found around 6 p.m.
- Where
- The incidents occurred at the Chovva river in Maniyur near Vadakara and a waterbody at Manipuram near Koduvally, Kerala.
- Why
- Nabeel and Sinan were caught in a strong river current while learning to swim; the circumstances of Shahin’s drowning were not specified.
- Deaths
- Three people
- Minors among deceased
- Two
- River incident
- Chovva river at Maniyur near Vadakara
- Other incident
- A waterbody at Manipuram near Koduvally
- Swimming group
- Four people entered the river; two escaped
- Rescue effort
- Locals and Fire and Rescue Service personnel conducted searches
- Reported date
- Friday, August 28