This is an archive article published on December 18, 2017
Four boys drown in pond near Mettur Dam
While the family members of the victims were frantically searching for them, information reached the village this morning that their bodies were floating in the pond near Mettur dam in that district, they said.
Police said the incident took place in Bhetkhud village limit in the afternoon when the family was returning from the island after lunch. (Picture for representation) 
Information reached the village this morning that their bodies were floating in the pond near Mettur dam in that district. (Representational image)
Four boys allegedly drowned in a pond in nearby Salem district on Monday, police said.
All the four, aged between 7 and 17, were reported missing since on Sunday.
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While the family members of the victims were frantically searching for them, information reached the village this morning that their bodies were floating in the pond near Mettur dam in that district, they said.
Investigation is on, they added.
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