Two faculty college students who had gone to the Kovalam beach drowned on Saturday (November 15, 2025). 

A senior official of the Tambaram Police Commissionerate stated 10 first-year college students of a personal faculty close to Thiruporur had gone to the Kovalam seashore to spend their weekend on Saturday. All the scholars belonged to Andhra Pradesh. 

Whereas everybody was taking a shower within the sea, two of the scholars — Kethan Kumar and Nikhil Anandan — had been dragged by an enormous wave at the same time as the scholars tried to rescue them.

Based mostly on the alert, the police officers with the assistance of Hearth and Rescue Providers personnel recovered the physique of Kethan Kumar, whereas Nikhil Anandan couldn’t be discovered. Kethan Kumar’s physique was taken to the Thiruporur Authorities Hospital for publish mortem. 

The Kelambakkam police have filed a case and are investigating.