Visakhapatnam: Two friends drowned at the Sariya waterfalls in Vizag Agency while taking selfies on Sunday. The deceased were identified as A. Sundara Rao, 21, a Flipkart delivery boy and P. Nani, 20, a sticker shop owner.
Both were residents of Gajuwaka. Devarapalle sub-inspector G. Appanna and his team rushed to the spot. According to the police, 10 youngsters, including two girls had gone to the waterfalls. Sundara Rao and Nani, who were apparently sitting on a rock downstream of the waterfalls, fell. Ramajogi Rao, who was nearby, tried to rescue the two but in vain. It was raining heavily in the evening.
Police said that the victims’ friends claimed that one of the youth had slipped while taking selfies and the other had tried to save him. But both lost their balance and fell in. The area witnessed heavy rains in the evening and search operations for the bodies had to be called off. Ananthagiri police has registered a case.
