5 engg students from 2 Andhra universities drown in Godavari
Hyderabad, March 22 -- Five engineering students from two universities in Andhra Pradesh drowned in the Godavari river in Eluru district on Friday afternoon, near Bhadrachalam town in Telangana, police said on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Podicheti Abhiram (19), Charugulla Srikar Gupta (21), Daggupati Navadeep (19), whose bodies were recovered on Friday night, and Pasam Satish Kumar (19) and Teja Gnana Sai (19), whose bodies were retrieved on Saturday morning, said police.
Polavaram DSP M Venkateswara Rao said, "Seven second-year engineering students, including five from SRM University, Amaravati, and two from KL University, Vijayawada, had travelled to Bhadrachalam on Thursday."
"On Friday morning, the group went to the Kollugudem sand ramp in Veleru village. They walked nearly 3km to a deeper stretch of the river. Six students entered, as they moved further, one slipped, and the others were pulled in while trying to rescue him," the DSP said, adding one student managed to swim to safety....
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