Trip turns tragic as 5 drown off NTR Beach in Kakinada

A temple trip of a group of two families turned tragic as five members including three teenagers drowned in the Bay of Bengal off NTR Beach in Kakinada on Thursday afternoon, when they went into the w

KAKINADA: A temple trip of a group of two families turned tragic as five members including three teenagers drowned in the Bay of Bengal off NTR Beach in Kakinada on Thursday afternoon, when they went into the waters to take a holy dip. Another two members were feared to have drowned and a search operation is going on to trace them.

The group of 19 members belonging to two families of Pithani Srinu and Pithani Govindu, both daily wagers from Kapulapalem of Tallarevu Mandal in East Godavari district, went to Kaandrakota Nookalamma temple in Peddapuram mandal for a darshan in the early hours of Thursday.
On their return journey in the afternoon, the group went to NTR Beach for a holy dip. At around 4 pm, eight members of the group entered into the waters when a huge wave pulled them in.

However, three of them-Pithani Ramya (30), Seelam Talupulamma (35) and Seelam Srinu (25)- managed to reach the shore. They were immediately rushed to the Government General Hospital in Kakinada. But, Talupulamma died while undergoing treatment at the GGH. The condition of Ramya and Srinu was said to be stable.

Upon information, teams comprising officials of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Marine Police reached the spot and launched a search operation. After a while, the bodies of Seelam Durga (17), Pithani Anitha (15) and Pithani Srinu(30) were fished out of the water. Search operations were on to trace Pithani Vamsy (13) and Pithani Jayakrishna (17) till the last report came in.

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