Hyderabad: Two Indian-origin youths have died in separate drowning incidents in the United States.
According to a report, Namboori Sridatta, 25, who was working with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Arizona, drowned while picnicking with his friends at a waterfall.
Sridatta slipped and fell into the water. His body was recovered by rescue workers.
According to his family in Vanasthalipuram in Hyderabad, the incident took place on Sunday but they received the information late on Monday.
Sridatta had gone to the US five years ago and after his education at Arizona University, got a job at TCS.
"He was to come home next month but yesterday we got this shocking news," said Sridatta's father NVM Swamy.
The family has appealed to the Indian government to ensure that the body is brought back to the country quickly.
In another incident, P Naresh, 24, a student in California, drowned at the Livermore River Park while on a picnic on Sunday.
Naresh was on a picnic with his friends on a boat when he slipped and fell into the water. The body was discovered after a search operation was launched by the local police.
Naresh was studying MS and was in his second year. Naresh’s father is a farmer and his family is very poor. He had decided to send money home the next month onwards after doing some part-time job.
Naresh's family has also urged the Indian government to make arrangements to bring back the body.
