Five persons drowned and three went missing in different incidents in the State on Sunday.
Three persons drowned and one has gone missing at Mutyalapalem Beach in Visakhapatnam.
The police fished out the bodies of three persons who have been identified as P. Mahesh, M. Naresh and S. Ramakrisha.
According to the ACP, the fifth person L. Narasinga Rao is still missing and a search operation has been launched.
Kakinada Staff Reporter adds: A joy trip to the beach turned tragic for a batch of Nigerian students here on Sunday when one of them drowned and another one washed away in the Bay of Bengal near Uppada.
The body of Emmanuel, 20, was fished out from the waters. Swimmers were searching for Ibrahim, 19.
In another incident, Salman, 17, an Intermediate student from Annavaram, was washed away in the sea near Danavayipeta. Machilipatnam Staff Reporter adds: In another incident, a 16-year-old boy drowned off Manginapudi beach in Machilipatnam on Sunday.
He has been identified as Gudavarthi Premiji from Pedapulipaka village of Penamuluru mandal in Krishna district. He passed the SSC examinations this year.
