Five children drowned in two separate incidents in Eluru and Chittoor districts on Sunday.
Two boys drowned in the Doramamidi project (Jalleru project) in Buttaigudem mandal of Eluru district.
The incident occurred when the victims, Shaik Siddiqi (10) and Shaik Abdul (8), went to the project to take a bath. The two accidentally fell into the waters and drowned, the locals said.
The Buttaigudem police deployed swimmers and retrieved the bodies. A case has been registered and investigation is on.
In another incident,three children drowned in pond at Devarajapuram village of Kuppam mandal in Chittoor district.
According to the police, the tragedy occurred when the children were reportedly playing along the edge of the water body. One after the other ventured into the pond, only to get stuck in the mud and drowned. The deceased were identified as Gowthami (7), Shalini (6) and Ashwin (7), all hailing from Devarajapuram village, but from three different families.
The parents who noticed the children missing from the village were alerted by a batch of shepherds on seeing the bodies floating in the pond. The police retrieved the bodies and sent them to the Government Area Hospital in Kuppam for post-mortem. A case has been registered.
Published – May 18, 2025 06:49 pm IST
