ADILABAD: Two youth who went to Vankathumma vagu (rivulet) in Utnoor mandal of Adilabad for a photo shoot along with three other friends, got washed away due to heavy inflows of flood water on Thursday afternoon.
Four of the five youngsters who went for the photo shoot are natives of Utnoor and one is from Nirmal. The deceased have been identified as Aslam 23, of Nirmal, and Ayaan, 19, of Utnoor. Aslam was visiting his relatives in Utnoor.
The incident took place due to sudden heavy inflows of flood water into the rivulet following a heavy rain when they were taking photos sitting on the boulders inside the rivulet.
The remaining three, identified as Dishan, Adnan and Osama, managed to come to the banks of the rivulet and saved themselves after seeing the sudden rise in the water flow in the rivulet.
Police, along with local people and professional swimmers have started search operations for bodies of youth washed away in the flood water.
