Nalgonda: Two drown in Dindi project while taking selfie

Nalgonda: Two youngsters drowned in Dindi Project in Nalgonda district while taking a selfie at the spillway on Saturday evening.

The victims were identified as Budaram Praveen (23), a native of Zaheerabad in Sangareddy district and Mohammad Sagar (21), a resident of Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. Both were private employees.

According to the police, the victims along with six friends went to Srisailam on October 15 for a trip and stopped by at Dindi Project on Saturday evening on their return. They went down to Dindi River near spillway to take selfies. Mohammed Sagar, who didn’t know how to swim, accidentally fell into the waters. One of his friends Praveen tried to rescue him, but Sagar held on to him tightly that led to the drowning of both the youngsters. With the help of locals, the bodies of the two youth were fished out and were shifted to area hospital of Devarakonda for autopsy.

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