Overview
- Police said the 17-year-old intermediate students entered the water at Mypadu beach despite warnings, were swept away by strong tides, and could not be saved.
- The victims were identified as Pathan Humayun, Sameed, and Pathan Mohammad Tazeem, with local fishermen recovering the bodies and shifting them to a Government Hospital for post-mortem.
- Locals reported that sea conditions remained hazardous following last week’s Cyclone Montha, which authorities noted as context for the dangerous surf.
- In a separate incident at Bibinagar near Hyderabad, a speeding car veered off the road into a parked two-wheeler, killing Prashanth and his wife Prasuna.
- The car’s driver, Shamukha, and passengers Bhargava and Sairitu sustained injuries and were hospitalized in Bhongir as police registered a case and opened an investigation into alleged reckless driving.