Marukutti Ashok Kumar of Railway Kodur town in Kadapa district and Pinninti Sivakanth Reddy of Ranga Reddy district in Telangana, both studying MBBS final year in Zaporizhia State Medical University in Ukraine, reportedly drowned in the sea while playing beach volleyball on Tuesday evening.
The family of Sivanjaneyulu and Nagamani of Sriramnagar in Railway Kodur town in Kadapa district were grief-stricken when they received communication about the drowning of their son, Marukutti Ashok Kumar along with Sivakanth Reddy, while attempting to save their classmates Abhilash and Mukesh of India, who stepped into water and were being swept away by the waves.
Ashok Kumar came home for holidays on June 28 and returned to Ukraine on September 1, according to information. His sister Divya Teja is also studying MBBS in Ukraine. Another victim, Pinninti Sivakanth Reddy, son of Pinninti Janga Reddy and Padma belonged to Kuntlur in Abdullahpurmet mandal in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana.
When the students raised a cry, some local persons brought them out. They were rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared Ashok Kumar and Sivakanth Reddy as brought dead. The families which hoped to see them return as doctors on completion of the course in the next two months, are now awaiting the bodies to be flown to the native places in a couple of days.
