Hyderabad, Oct. 10 -- The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) on Friday, October 9, retrieved the body of a boy who drowned in a quarry in Medchal.

The deceased was identified as an 18-year-old Pavan Sai who drowned after entering the water at the Malkaram quarry near Jawahar Nagar. Search operations began after teams painstakingly manoeuvred a boat into the quarry pit, which is surrounded by cliffs rising nearly 300 meters.

The DRF reached the quarry following a distress call regarding Sai. He was one of the 12 students, including three female students, from Geethanjali Engineering College visiting the quarry. The group visited the quarry after they learnt about it from Instagram reels.

According to the D...