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Three Men From Medak Drown in Haldi Vagu Near Nacharam Temple

The incident underscores the risk of bathing in deep temple streams without swimming skills.

Overview

  • Three men in their 20s from Narsapur drowned in the Haldi Vagu stream at Nacharam on Wednesday.
  • After praying at the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, two entered the water to bathe and began to struggle because they could not swim.
  • A third friend jumped in to help despite not knowing how to swim and he also drowned.
  • Police and expert swimmers recovered the bodies on Thursday morning and moved them to Gajwel Government Hospital for a postmortem.
  • Officers identified the victims as Yerragolla Prashanth, Vikas, and K. Anand Reddy, registered a case after a family complaint, and opened an investigation.