Karkala, 14 Jul 2012: Two kids drowned in a percolation pond while playing at Murathangadi in Sanoor village of Karkala taluk on Friday.
According to police, the deceased have been identified as Rashmi (5) and Rajaneesh (3), children of Ramesh and Mamatha couple. Following the marital dispute, the children were left in the house of Mamatha’s parents and the couple had planned to take kids back to their home on Monday.
The percolation ponds were dug by the watershed department near Chikkalabettukere and there was no retaining wall around it. A case has been registered.