The victim had gone to the beach for a swim when the tragedy happened. (Representative)
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh:
Three teenagers were washed away in the Bay of Bengal, while three more are missing in a horrific tragedy on the Surya Lanka beach in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district on Tuesday.
Two others survived the incident.
According to Bapatla district superintendent of police Vakul Jindal, this team had come from Vijayawada to Surya Lanka for a holiday.
“Somehow they got into the deep sea and got washed away. We have recovered three bodies so far, while the search is on for the remaining three,” the SP said over phone.
The local sub-divisional police officer said that two of the victims were studying junior intermediate and two were studying in class nine and ten.
Others had dropped out after failing in class 10, he said.
“These men used to work with a caterer. They told their family that they were attending a wedding function in Surya Lanka and reached here by train from Vijayawada on Tuesday morning,” the SDPO said.
Later, they went to the beach for a swim when tragedy struck, he said.
“One boy was standing on the shore and we had saved the other. We are yet to trace the other three,” he said.
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