In a shocking incident, three students drowned at Annaram village in Gummadidala mandal on Tuesday.
According to Gummadidala Sub- Inspector S. Raju Naik three 13-year-old students of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2 Air Force Academy Dundigal along with three other students went to swimming Kothakunta tank on village outskirts. While three students waited on the tank edge the three victims entered the water only to meet a watery grave as the tank was deep in some areas.
The other students cried for help and by the time villagers reached the spot the three had drowned and their bodies were retrieved from the tank.
Gummadidala police registered a case and are investigating. Bodies were shifted to government hospital for post mortem.
