TRICHY: A 14-year-old boy who has been missing since Thursday was found to have drowned in the Cauvery river after his body was recovered at Mukkombu barrage in Trichy on Friday. N Jayaraj of Periyakadai street, a Class IX student of ER higher secondary school, left home for school on Thursday, but police said he skipped classes and went to bathe at Mukkombu.
His father searched for him on Thursday but in vain. However, on Friday morning, the body of a boy was found floating between shutters 31 and 32 at Mukkombu barrage. SSI Govindharasu of Vaathalai station who investigated the case said the village administrative officer (VAO) of Kariamanickam village and police visited the spot and recovered the body.
