Suryapet/Nalgonda: Three persons including a 12-year-old girl drowned in a pit at Bopparam of Athmakur (S) mandal in the district on Wednesday morning.
The victims were identified as K. Sripal Reddy, his daughter Usha and his friend P. Raju, all residents of Hyderabad. They came to Bopparam two days ago to attend a function at their relative’s house.
Raju, Sripal Reddy and the girl went to a water filled pit to learn swimming. While in the water, Usha drowned. Sripal Reddy and Raju tried to save her, but drowned.
They went into the water without knowing the depth of the pit, resulting in the deaths, police said. Later, locals fished out the bodies.
In another incident, a person named K Jagadish, a native of Korremula of Ghatkesar mandal in Rangareddy district, drowned in the backwaters of Nagarjunasagar at Vizag Colony of Neredugumma mandal in Nalgonda district. He had gone for a holy dip in Krishna river on the occasion of Toli Ekadashi.
