Malappuram: A seven-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of a resort at Kakkadampoyil in Malappuram district on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Ashmil, a native of Pazhamallur in Malappuram. The boy, who arrived with his parents, drowned while he was entering the swimming pool.  He was immediately taken to a hospital in Koodaranji and later shifted to Kozhikode Medical College. 

According to the police’s preliminary findings, the child is believed to have slipped and fallen into the pool.

Meanwhile, a second-year BSc student from Devagiri College in Kozhikode drowned in the Kozhipara waterfall in Kakkadampoyil on the same day. Sandesh (20) Cheruvakkottuparambu had visited the waterfall along with five friends and drowned while he was swimming.