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Ten drown in accidents

Staff Reporter

Three children, 2 women among victims

Six of a family washed away in
the Bay of Bengal
4 girls drown in Gunjana river in Kadapa district

MACHILIPATNAM (Krishna dist.): Six members of a family, including three children and two women, were washed away in the Bay of Bengal at Gilakaladindi near here on Thursday afternoon. The bodies of three victims were fished out from the sea by evening.

The tragedy occurred when 14 members of a family, led by family head Gafoor Khan Razwi, 45, proprietor of Khan Jewellers in the town, went on a picnic to the beach at Gilakaladindi. Around noon, Razwi, his wife Noorunnisa, 35, daughter Roshani, 8, their relative Zaheeda Begum, 42, from Farooq Nagar in Vijayawada, her son Moin, 14, and Razwi’s niece Afrin Begum, 12, from Nizamabad, along with a few other relatives ventured into the sea from Bold Fort area for a swim.

While the other relatives reached ashore after a few minutes, Razwi and the five others continued to swim. They were suddenly pulled down by a tidal wave.

None of the relatives dared to venture into the sea to rescue them.

The police along with swimmers fished out the bodies of Razwi, Afrin Begum and Zaheeda Begum. They were searching for the bodies of Noorunnisa, Roshani and Moin when reports last came in.

Another tragedy

Kadapa Special Correspondent adds: Four girls of Sirivaram Dalitawada in Penagalur mandal drowned in Gunjana river on Wednesday evening.

Madineni Rathnamma, Madineni Sridevi and Vanthagani Yellamma, all 18 years old and Mandala Sunitha, 17, drowned when they went to wash clothes in the river, according to the police. One of the girls, Sampurna, went home to get a bucket and on return, did not find the four girls. On spotting bubbles emanating from a place, she raised cries for help.

Some workers who were working in paddy fields fished out the four bodies.

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