Boy, granny found dead in water sump

ERODE: A woman and her grandson were found dead in a water sump at Puliampatty in Erode district on Saturday. The cause of their deaths has not been ascertained yet.

The deceased have been identified as N Subbammal, 82, of Navalar Veedhi and her grandson P Naveen Kumar, 30, who had polio. Police said Naveen's father Ponnusamy, 52, had two wives and Naveen was born to Vasanthamani, the first wife. Vasanthamani had died of an ailment about 12 years ago, after which Naveen was cared for by his maternal grandmother Subbammal.

Around 10am on Sunday Ponnusamy visited Subbammal's house to meet them but could not find them. He later found their bodies in a water sump behind the house. He alerted the police who retrieved the bodies from the sump and sent them for postmortem. "Their bodies were found floating in the 15-foot deep sump," said police.