AP: Five youths drown in river Godavari while taking holy dip
26-Feb-2025 02:37 PM 6265
Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 26 (Reporter) In a tragic incident, five teenage boys were drowned in the river Godavari at Tadipudi village in Tallapudi Mandal of East Godavari district on Wednesday. Police said that a group of 11 youths went to the river Godavari in the wee hours to take a holy dip on the occasion of devotional Mahashivratri and five of them were drowned. The deceased were identified as Tirumalashetti Pawan (19), Padala Durga Prasad (19), Padala Sai Krishna (19), Anishetti Pawan (19) and Garre Akash (19). So far, four bodies have been fished out from the river. All the deceased belonged to Tadipudi village. The NDRF teams were pressed into service to retrieve the bodies. East Godavari district Collector P Prasanthi, DSP Dev Kumar and Kovvur RDO Rani Sushmita visited the scene of the accident. Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended on Tadipudi village with the death of five teenage boys. Four of the deceased boys were studying graduation and one was studying Intermediate...////...
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