4 Engineering Students, On An Outing, Drowned In Andhra Pradesh

Police found the students' backpacks and their lunchboxes at a clearing near the pond, apparently the spot where the four students had chosen to make their outing spot

Andhra Pradesh | Reported by , Edited by | Updated: January 07, 2018 14:14 IST
4 Engineering Students, On An Outing, Drowned In Andhra Pradesh

The four boys studied at Ramachandra College of Engineering in Eluru, 330 km from Hyderabad

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  1. The undergraduate students had reportedly gone for an outing
  2. Police found the students' backpacks and their lunchboxes
  3. They were students of Ramachandra College of Engineering in Eluru
Four engineering students have drowned in a large pond in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. The undergraduate students had gone for an outing on Saturday, during which they decided to jump into the water for a quick swim, police said.

All the four bodies have been found.

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Police said the students left their backpacks and lunchboxes at a clearing near the pond. A polythene bag full of guavas, which the boys had plucked from trees near the pond, lay scattered near their jeans and shirts.

Police said the boys have been identified as K Harikrishna Raju, Kota Sai, ASK Parasuman and G Vijaya Sankar, all engineering students of Ramachandra College of Engineering in Eluru, some 330 kilometres from Hyderabad.