Ongole, June 4 -- In a tragic incident, four boys, all below 14 years old, drowned in an irrigation tank at Cheruvukommu Palem village of Ongole mandal in Prakasam district on Thursday.
Police said that the four boys entered the tank for a bath, slipped and drowned. Two bodies were retrieved from the tank, and they were identified as Kareti Abhiram (14) and Kareti Sushant (12).
A massive search is on to trace the bodies of Podili Eeshwar Ram (11) and Ella Dinesh (10). Social Welfare Minister Dola Balaveerajaneya Swamy expressed grief over the incident and spoke to the district collector and SP. He directed them to intensify the search for the two bodies. A pall of gloom descended on the Cheruvukommu Palem village with the death of four bo...