Teenager drowns in well in Mancherial

A 14-year-old boy drowned in a well dug in a stream while he was swimming in it at Thapalapur village

Mancherial: A 14-year-old boy drowned in a well dug in a stream while he was swimming in it at Thapalapur village in Jannaram mandal on Sunday.

Jannaram Additional Sub-Inspector Thanaji Naik said Mutike Mourya Teja, the son of Gopal and Mamatha from Thapalapur, drowned when he along with his friends went for swimming in the well dug in a stream for irrigating agriculture fields.

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Though Teja was unfamiliar with swimming, he tried to swim in the well for fun.