Telangana: Army man and car driver drown in Godavari

While the incident took place on Monday, one of the bodies was fished out on Tuesday.

Mancherial: An Army jawan and his friend, who went for a swim in river Godavari drowned, while three of their friends managed to swim ashore near Errayipet village of Kotapalli mandal, police said. While the incident took place on Monday, one of the bodies was fished out on Tuesday. Search is on to locate the other body.

Chennur Rural Inspector K Nagaraju said that the deceased were identified as Gundamedi Raj Kumar (25), an Indian Army jawan and Bandi Prashanth (24) a car driver, both natives of Kommariboguda locality in Chennur town.

Raj Kumar and Prashanth along with give of their friends went for a swim in the river on Monday afternoon. Though they were not familiar with swimming, they ventured to take a dip in the deepest spot of the river. Their three friends could save their lives as they were well-versed with swimming. Two others did not enter the waters.

A search is on for tracing the other body. As many as 15 expert swimmers are scanning the river with the help of country boats. Policemen launched a search operation on Monday evening, but they could not find the bodies as it was night. The search was resumed on Tuesday and Raj Kumar’s body was found. A pall of gloom descended over Kommariboguda following the two deaths.

Based on a complaint from Nishanth, sibling of Prashanth, a case was registered. Investigations were taken up.

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