Overview
- A leisure visit to the SRSP Laxmi Canal pump house turned deadly when a youth slipped into deep, fast‑flowing backwater and four companions who could not swim entered to save him and were swept away.
- Local residents pulled two people from the water but the four rescuers later drowned; three bodies were recovered Sunday evening and the fourth was found the next morning.
- The victims were identified by authorities as 17‑year‑old Arhan from Nanded and three 24‑year‑olds from Autonagar in Nizamabad: Shaik Khaleemuddin, Shaik Najwat, and Azeem Khan.
- Police, National Disaster Response Force teams, fire department units, expert divers and local residents led the search and recovery and shifted the bodies to the Government Area Hospital in Armoor for post‑mortem procedures.
- Officials have opened a formal investigation and warned the public against entering unknown backwaters, swimming near projects or taking risky photos on reservoir banks during the monsoon because of sudden depth changes and strong currents.