Government school teacher drowns in Nagarjuna Sagar canal in Khammam district

A 45-year-old government school teacher, D Venkateshwar Rao, was found dead in the Nagarjuna Sagar canal in Khammam district. His family found his motorbike near the canal, prompting a police search that resumed on Monday morning.

Khammam: A government school teacher drowned in Nagarjuna Sagar canal at Tummalapalli village of Penuballi mandal in the district.
The deceased, D Venkateshwar Rao (45) of Kottakarai village in the mandal works as a school assistant (Hindi) at Ganeshpadu village. According to family members, he went out on Sunday and did not return home until late evening hours.

The family members, who started searching for him found his motorbike on the canal bank, and informed the police. Penuballi SI, Shakeer and staff upon receiving information, rushed to the spot, launched a search operation for him but had to stop the search after dusk.

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The search operation was resumed on Monday and the teachers’ body was found in the canal at a distance from the village. The body was shifted to Penuballi Government Hospital and was handed over to the family after post-mortem.

The family suspected that Venkateshwar Rao might have accidentally slipped and fell into the canal. Based on the complaint by his wife the police booked a case in connection with the incident.