Three youngsters, all resident of Old Colony, Kagaznagar town in Adilabad District drowned in the under construction Jagannathput lift irrigation scheme reservoir on Thursday. The project is located a couple of kilometers away from the town and they had gone there on Thursday morning for a swim.
The deceased were identified as Md. Abrar, aged 21 years, a BTech III year student at Hyderabad, his cousins, Md. Aziz, 18, and Md. Munawwar, 17, studying Intermediate II and I year respectively in Kagaznagar town.
According to the police, the victims and another cousin Md. Junaid, 21, also a B.Tech student, reached the project while on a morning walk. Police is searching for the bodies.