Hyderabad, July 18 -- Five tribal villagers, including three women, drowned in the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh's Polavaram district on Saturday morning while they had gone for fishing, police said.

The incident happened near Gollagudem village of Yetapaka mandal (block). The deceased were identified as Uke Sushila (37), Uke Lakshmi (37), Turram Bharati (40), Bhasuboyina Balaraju (38), and Uke Ramesh (38), all residents of Gommu Kothagudem village.

According to the primary investigation, a group of five tribal villagers went into the Godavari River early morning to catch fish, anticipating a good haul due to the increased inflow of floodwaters downstream from Bhadrachalam, officer from Yetapaka police station said.

They were using ...