Woman, children yet to be traced

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 10. The search for a 26-year-old woman who jumped off the Karamana bridge into the swollen river with her two children on Monday evening was yet to yield any result, police said.

In what police suspect to be a case of suicide, Nabeezath, a resident of Ottavila, had jumped of the Karamana bridge with her two children, Isnu (2) and Nuhu (4) at around 4-30 p.m. on Monday.

The Fire force and police personnel assisted by local swimmers had searched the breadth and length of the river in the vicinity of bridge for the bodies of the mother and children.

The search continued throughout Tuesday even as local people raised a ruckus over the reported rupture of a dragnet which was spread downstream to prevent the bodies from being washed towards the sea in the strong monsoon currents.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Corporation Councillor, Mr. Poonthura Siraj, has asked the authorities to seek the help of Navvy divers to scour the river bed.

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