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Search continues for 2 students

Families of the victims pitched tents at the beach waiting for the bodies to wash ashore

Visakhapatnam: The police and revenue personnel are continuing with the search for the two students of Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Science (ANITS) at Tagarapuvalasa who were feared drowned in the sea in Bheemili on Friday afternoon.

Soon after the incident was reported, helicopters from the Eastern Naval Command and Indian Coast Guard along with three speed boats had launched a search but abandoned it after it became dark.

On Saturday, there was no search by the Navy or the Coast Guard. Only revenue and personnel searched along the beach but did not find the bodies.

Families of the victims pitched tents at the beach waiting for the bodies to wash ashore.

The victims were B.Tech second-year students K. Surya of Pendurthi in Visakhapatnam district and B. Sai of Car Shed junction in PM Palem in Visakhapatnam City.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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