Hyderabad: Eight people, including seven children, drowned in three separate incidents across the state on Friday.
First Incident in Kamareddy
In the first incident, a 31-year-old woman and two teenagers drowned in the Manjeera river at Budimi village in Banswada mandal of Kamareddy district on Friday evening. The incident occurred when relatives of T Pandari from Kamareddy had gathered at Kankaragadda Yellamma temple in Budimi village to attend a function organized by Pandari. Among the guests were Pandari's brother-in-law L Narsimhulu, his wife Anitha (31), their children Shivani (13) and Srikanth (8).
Around 4 pm, after the function, Anitha, her daughter Shivani, and other relatives – Pavanisree (15), Bhanu Prasad (14), and Sujatha (35) – went to the bank of the nearby Manjeera river to attend nature's call. Bhanu accidentally fell into the river. Sujatha, Anitha, Shivani, and Pavanisree immediately entered the river to rescue him. On hearing their screams, Narsimhulu and others rushed to the spot and managed to rescue Bhanu and Sujatha. However, Anitha, Shivani, and Pavanisree drowned. Narsimhulu, along with locals, later searched the river and retrieved the bodies. They were shifted to the Government Area Hospital in Banswada, where the duty medical officer declared them brought dead, said Pitlam Sub-Inspector B Anjaneyulu.
Second Incident in Nizamabad
In the second incident, three children drowned in a village tank at Limbadrigutta in Bheemgal mandal of Nizamabad district on Friday. The deceased were identified as Harish (10), Varshini (5), and Arvind (4), all residents of Vaddera Colony in Limbadrigutta. Bheemgal police received an alert from locals at 4:30 pm on Friday about some children missing in Limbadrigutta. D Suresh (30), a mason, lodged a complaint stating that his younger son Arvind had gone missing after leaving the house, and his clothes were found on the bank of Brahmana Kunta in the village, along with the clothes of two other children, Harish and Varshini, from the neighborhood. The bodies of the children were fished out from the tank late in the evening and shifted for post-mortem examination.
Third Incident in Mahabubnagar
In the third incident, two teenagers, Sohail (14) and Abdul Rehman (15), from Nimmagaddabavi, drowned while playing in Erracheruvu at Kistampally village near Jadcherla in Mahabubnagar district on Friday evening. Police fished out the bodies during the night.
Legal Action
In all three cases, police registered a case under Section 194 (suspicious death) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
