Khammam: 22-year-old degree student drowns in irrigation well

A 22-year-old degree student, Banoth Ajay, drowned after reportedly falling into an irrigation well at Lingaram Thanda in Khammam district on Monday. He had returned home for Dasara. His father died by suicide 15 months ago. Police are investigating further

Khammam: A 22-year-old degree student drowned in an irrigation well at Lingaram Thanda in Kusumanchi mandal of Khammam district on Monday.

The deceased, Banoth Ajay, was a second-year degree student at a private college in Khammam. He had returned home to celebrate the Dasara festival.

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According to his family members, Ajay went to their agricultural field to tend to the crops but accidentally fell into the well and drowned.

His father, Banoth Venkanna, died by suicide 15 months ago after consuming pesticide. The family’s loss of another member within a short span has cast a pall of gloom over the thanda.

On receiving information about the incident, local police reached the spot and retrieved Ajay’s body from the well. They registered a case and launched an investigation.