Mysuru: Three members of a family from Kerala met a watery grave yesterday when they had gone for a picnic to the backwaters of Kabini, near the Karnataka-Kerala border. The incident occurred in Goluru of H.D. Kote taluk in Mysuru District.
The unfortunate victims are Chalakal Baby (53), daughter Anitha (18) and son Ajit (24). Anitha was bathing in the backwaters when she slipped and fell and was drowning. Her father, Baby, seeing her drowning went to her rescue and he also slipped and cried for help. Seeing that both his sister and father were drowning, Ajit went to their rescue and also was not able to save them and instead he also drowned.
