Thrissur: The bodies of three youths, who went missing in the reservoir of the Peechi Dam after their boat capsized on Monday afternoon, were recovered on Tuesday.
According to the Peechi Police, the incident took place at 4 pm. “There were four people in the fibre boat. One of them swam to safety,” said the police.
The youths are natives of Kollikkad near Vaniyampara.
The deceased are Vipin (26), son of Paulson of Kottisserykudiyi, Noushad (29), son of Haneefa of Prathani House, and Ajith (21), son of Arumukhan.
The youngster who swam ashore is Mattaniyil Veettil Sivaprasad (23) of Maniyankinar Colony in Kollikkad.
District Collector V R Krishna Teja visited the location on Monday to oversee the rescue. According to rescue officials, the bodies were recovered by 1.30 pm.
It was around 4 pm on Monday that the fibre boat the youths were travelling on capsized in the Anavari area of Vaniyampara.
The scuba team of Thrissur Fire & Rescue, along with Peechi police, searched for the missing persons till 11 pm on Monday. They were joined by a National Disaster Response Force team on Tuesday.
According to police, the spot where the youngsters went missing is at least 20 feet deep. “During summer, local people dig deep pits to preserve drinking water. It is learnt that there are numerous such pits in the place where the trio went missing,” said a police officer.
It is understood that the youths were out fishing when the accident occurred.
The bodies were shifted to the Thrissur Medical College for postmortem.
