Andhra Pradesh

4 software engineers drown

NELLORE: Hyderabad-based four software engineers drowned in Bay of Bengal, when they went for a swim at Mypadu beach near Nellore on Saturday. Three bodies have been recovered so far.

According to the police, six persons who came from Hyderabad to attend a marriage in Nellore, first visited Velangani beach at Kodur. Later, they headed for Mypadu beach where four persons - Arjun, Pavan, Sudheer and Sandeep, all from Amberpet - were drowned in the full moon’s high tidal waves. The search is on for the body of Sandeep.

The bodies of Arjun, Pavan and Sudheer were shifted to the Government General Hospital here for post-mortem.

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