Four boys drown in pond near Ongole of A.P.

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NDRF squad  conducting a hunt  cognition  successful  the pond astatine   Cheruvu Kommu Palem on the outskirts of Ongole connected  Thursday.

NDRF squad conducting a hunt cognition successful the pond astatine  Cheruvu Kommu Palem on the outskirts of Ongole connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS

Four boys, including 3 siblings, drowned successful a pond adjacent Ongole connected Thursday. Their bodies were retrieved aft four-hour-long hunt by the constabulary and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel.

According to police, the deceased person been identified arsenic Kareti Abhiram (14), his younger member Kareti Sushanth (12), their relative Podili Chinnu (11) and Illa Dinesh (10). All were residents of Cheruvu Kommu Palem colony successful Ongole mandal of Prakasam district.

Some radical said they had seen the 2 brothers climbing a thenar histrion adjacent the pond astatine noon, adding that they mightiness person jumped into the h2o for a bath oregon a aquatics later. Dinesh’s parent came searching for him and recovered apparel and footwear adjacent the pond.

“Acting connected the ailment lodged by the parents and the household members, the constabulary launched a hunt operation, on with the NDRF teams. After 4 hours of search, they retrieved the bodies from the pond,” a constabulary serviceman said.

Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy spoke to the District Collector and Superintendent of Police and enquired astir the case.

Published - June 04, 2026 07:24 p.m. IST

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