In a tragic incident, 5 individuals drowned inside a public tank in Chennai on Wednesday whereas performing temple rituals, police mentioned.

According to police, when one of many individuals drowned, the opposite 4 had jumped to avoid wasting him however in addition they died.

“All five of them have died,” minister TM Anbarasan advised reporters after chief minister MK Stalin had requested him to go to the spot.

“This work should have been done with due caution. This accident occurred because necessary protection was not taken”, he mentioned.

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CM Stalin ordered a compensation of ₹2 lakh from the chief minister’s reduction fund to be given to every of the deceased members of the family.

“We are all pained by this accident. The youngsters were students. This is an irreparable loss to parents,” the minister mentioned.

The accident occurred within the Dharmalingeshwarar Temple pond in Chennai’s Nanganallur for the Theerthavari pageant.

All those that drowned have been recognized.

“I asked them (temple authorities) if they had informed the police station in advance that they were going to conduct such a festival,” the minister mentioned.

Chennai police commissioner Shankar Jiwal mentioned the bodies were immediately recovered and despatched to the federal government hospital in Chrompet.

“While doing a particular ritual, one person slipped and fell into the deep end of the pond,” mentioned Jiwal.

“We are told that those who tried to save him drowned too. We need to investigate further. Our first job here is to rescue everyone. We will discuss with the panchayat and see what can be done so that such accidents don’t occur in the future”, he mentioned.