A third-year engineering student drowned after he slipped and fell into a farm well near Poonamallee on Saturday evening.
According to Nasarethpet police sources, on Saturday evening, the victim, J. Rajarajan (20), had gone to the well along with a group of his friends.
Rajarajan was sitting on one of the stone steps leading to the water when he slipped and fell inside the well.
The police said the student was a native of Pudukottai and was living in the hostel of a self-financing college.
His friends rushed and called for help after Rajarajan fell into the well. Later, firemen from Irungattukottai recovered the body.