Hyderabad, June 4 -- In a tragic incident, three young men drowned while bathing in the backwaters of the Nizamsagar Project at Somwarpet village in Kamareddy district on Monday evening, June 2.

Their bodies were recovered on Tuesday morning following a search operation by police and local swimmers.

The victims have been identified as Madhukar Goud (18), a class 10 student from Narsingraopalle; Harshavardhan (18), an Intermediate first-year student from Timmareddy village in Yellareddypet mandal; and Naveen (26), a bike mechanic from Somwarpet.

According to police, the trio had gone to the backwaters to freshen up after playing cricket with friends at Somwarpet. While bathing, they accidentally ventured into a deeper section of the wat...