Engg student feared drowned

Visakhapatnam : An 18-year-old engineering student was feared drowned in the sea off the RK beach here on Sunday, police said. K Satyanand Kumar, native of Kakinada area in East Godavari, had gone to the beach along with his six friends, Inspector of Three-Town Police Station, B Venkata Rao said. The seven students ventured into the sea.

While the six others came to the shore safely, Kumar is feared to have drowned, Rao said. Before coming to the beach, the students had taken part in a 5K-run organised by a local NGO, he said. A search operation was launched with the help of local fishermen to trace Kumar, the official said.

Meanwhile, another seventh grade student on Sunday drowned in a pond in Dumbriguda mandal in the district, police said. The incident took place when B Ravindra Prasad had gone to the pond with his friends, an official of Dumbriguda police said.While playing, Prasad accidentally fell in the pond.