CHENNAI: Two people drowned in the Cooum in separate incidents near Chintadripet on Tuesday night and on Wednesday morning. In one incident, the onlookers alerted the fire and rescue services personnel after they saw a man jumping into the Cooum river near Chintadripet bridge.

The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, was fished out after some locals were engaged to recover his body, which was sent to the government hospital for post-mortem examination. Meanwhile, the fire and rescue personnel received another distress call alerting them that another man jumped into the river near the same location on Wednesday morning.