K.S. Chithra's daughter drowns to death

Eight year old Nandana, only daughter of the prominent playback singer K. S. Chithra drowned in a swimming pool in a villa at Dubai on Thursday. The body of the child was found in the pool of the villa in Emirates Hills, where Chithra and family were staying. It is said that Nandana fell in the pool around 9 a.m. The child was rushed to hospital, but declared brought dead. Chithra was in Dubai to participate in A. R. Rahman's show to be held in Sharjah community Hall yesterday evening. The accident occurred when Chithra was away from the residence to attend the rehearsal. The body was brought to Chennai on Thursday night and cremated at AVM crematorium near Vadapalani on Friday noon. Nandana was born to Chithra and Vijay Sankar, an engineer, 15 years after the marriage. The child was studying in the first standard at Kids Centre school in Chennai.