Two polytechnic students drown in pond at Pendurthi

VISAKHAPATNAM Two polytechnic students drowned in a pond at Kotinivanipalem, under the Pendurthi police station limits on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as P. Satish (17), a native of Narsipatnam in Anakapalli district and A. Hijaq (17), a native of S. Rayavaram in Anakapalli district.

According to Pendurthi police, four second-year polytechnic students of a private college were staying together in a rented room at Kotinivanipalem village, near the college. On Wednesday afternoon, the four friends went to a pond near the college. After taking pictures, they reportedly enter the water to swim. However, two of them slipped into deeper waters and drowned. The other two students managed to get out and alerted the authorities.

On receiving information, personnel from the Pendurthi police station rushed to the spot. With the assistance of local swimmers, they retrieved the bodies of the two students from the pond. The 108 ambulance personnel examined the two students and confirmed their deaths. The bodies were shifted to King George Hospital (KGH) for postmortem examination.