Five students drown in Andhra Pradesh

Five minor boys drowned in Krishna river at Prakasam barrage while bathing, police said today.

All the victims aged around 17 years, were students belonging to a local corporate college and went to Krishna river yesterday to take bath when the tragedy occurred, they said.

The victims included Syed Saleem, I Mahesh, K Satya Sujeet and Umamaheswar Rao.

Four bodies have been fished out while efforts are on to trace missing body, police said.

First Published: Jul 19, 2007 18:16 IST