Tirupati (AP):
Two youths from here drowned and five others were missing after being swept away in Penna river in neighbouring Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, police said.
The seven, in their teens, entered the river at Siddavatam, 130 km from here, for a bath after attending a function at their friend’s residence there when the mishap occurred late evening, they said.
Two bodies had been fished out and an intense search with the help of floodlights is underway for the five missing youths, police added.
