Coimbatore: The search for Mahbub Basha, who was washed away in the Parambikulam –Aliyar project canal at Andipalayam near Pongalur on Friday, continued on Monday.
By Monday evening, the Tirupur south police and fire and rescue department personnel had searched 6km from the spot where he went missing. Now, three personnel are engaged in the search operation.
Basha, student of a private college on Avinashi Road, had took a dip in the canal with two friends on Friday. After he was swept away, the friends had alerted police and his parents Haseena and Thajtheen.
The parents on Monday approached the Tirupur collector and requested him to continue the search. “It has been four days since my son was washed away. Police and fire department personnel came to the spot when we called them. But they never even got inside water to search for him and just kept looking,” Haseena said. “I beg them to find and save my son.”