The search is still on for A. Vijay Kumar, 20, a motor mechanic
Search operation in progress in Jodugullapalem beach in Visakhapatnam on Friday following the drowning of three youngsters. (Photo: DC)
Visakhapatnam: More than 15 hours after they were washed away while having a swim in Jodugullapalem beach to beat the heat in Vizag, bodies of two youngsters were finally fished out on Friday morning and the search is still on for one more body.
It may recalled that three youngsters feared to have been drowned at sea near Jodugulla-palem in the city on Thursday morning. The bodies that were fished out of the water were identified as that of P. Samuel Raju, 19, an auto-rickshaw driver, and B. Lokesh, 20, a painter by profession.
The search is still on for A. Vijay Kumar, 20, a motor mechanic. DSP (Coastal Security Police) M. Narasimha Rao said that the bodies were traced between Rushi-konda and Sagarnagar beaches on Friday mor-ning. A group of 10 you-ngsters from Balaji-nagar in Arilova had gone to the Jodugulla-palem beach for a swim on Thursday afternoon.
Five of them ventured deep into the sea and were swept away by a big wave. While two of them managed to swim back to the shore, three had gone missing. Police said that search operation would continue with the help of CSP, community life guards and local fishermen, to locate the third missing person.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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