Kasargod, Dec 2013: A young housewife and her three and a half year old child met a watery grave in a tragic incident reported from Poyyathbail in Manjeshwar on December 11, Wednesday morning.
The incident took place when Jayashree (27), wife of Santosh of Muttanje was taking her son Shobhan to the Anganavadi. Sources said Shobhan who ran ahead of his mother slipped and drowned in a pond. Jayashree who was panic stricken jumped into the pond in a futile bid to save her child. Eventually both of them met a tragic end.
The incident came to light only in the afternoon. Jayashree’s husband Santosh worked in a bakery in Mangalore.