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Updated On: 03 October, 2009 03:31 PM IST | | Vinod Kumar Menon and Kranti Vibhute
Last body to be fished out of Periyar lake is city's only victim of the boat tragedy. He was to wed in dec
Last body to be fished out of Periyar lake is city's only victim of the boat tragedy. He was to wed in dec
At 11.30 pm on Thursday, Anand Makkeri's ageing parents, Gurunath (68) and Vidya (64) opened the door of their JVPD apartment and saw policemen standing there.
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They then received news that no parent should have to hear. Their son was dead, his body recovered that afternoon from the lake in the Periyar wildlife sanctuary, one of the 41 victims of Wednesday's boat tragedy.
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The body of the senior sales manager, just 37, was brought home in a coffin yesterday.
Missing complaint
IGP (Ernakulam) Vinson Paul said Anand's was the last body to be fished out on Thursday afternoon.
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"We received a missing persons complaint in the morning and later his relative Ashok Ayyappan identified the corpse at the Kumili primary health centre," said Paul.
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