Telangana: Six boys out for swimming in Manair river drown; five bodies found

HYDERABAD: In a tragic accident, six teenagers who went for a bath in Manair river in Sircilla drowned after wading too deep into the water. Five bodies have been retrieved while swimmers were searching for the sixth boy. The boys were aged between 13 and 16.
The incident happened on Monday after a group of nine boys from Rajiv Nagar area in the town went to the river after attending an even at Dayanand School.
“After the event, at around 1.30 pm the nine students went to Manair river,” Sircilla Rural CI B Upender said, adding that while two sat on the river bank, the other seven went into the water.
“While taking bath, six drowned as they went to the deeper portion of the river. One youngster, Akhil, managed to get out of the water,” the CI said.
On Monday, police had retrieved the body of 13-year-old Ganesh. While on Tuesday, bodies of four other students, Venkatasai (14), Rakesh (12), Ajay (13), and Kranthi Kumar (14), were fished out.
“We are still searching for the body of 16-year-old Manoj. The parents of all the children are powerloom workers,” the CI said.