Telangana: Three drowned in Manair river in Sultanabad

According to police, a total of eight persons from Itharajupalli of Sultanabad mandal went to Manair river for a swim at around 11 am.

Peddapalli: Three persons including a 10-year-old boy drowned in Manair river near Neerukulla of Sultanabad mandal on Friday morning.

According to police, a total of eight persons from Itharajupalli of Sultanabad mandal went to Manair river for a swim at around 11 am. Three persons Jogula Manoj (30), Jogula Ashish (10) and Penta Rahul (20) drowned.

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Ashish was the first to drown as didn’t know swimming. On seeing Ashish struggling in the water, Manoj and Rahul tried to rescue him and in the process, they themselves drowned.

On hearing the cries for help from the youngsters, some passersby jumped into the water and rescued two who were about to drown.

Rahul, a native of Vemulawada town, was visiting his relatives in Itharajupalli. While Manoj was working as a car driver, Rahul and Ashish were pursuing education.

On coming to know about the incident, Peddapalli DCP Ravinder, CI Indrasena Reddy, SI Upender rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies, and shifted them to Sultanabad hospital for postmortem.

Based on a complaint lodged by the family members, police registered a case and began investigation.

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