Asifabad: Bodies of two forest officials fished out from Pranahitha

Bodies of two forest beat officers who went missing in the Pranahitha river on Sunday have been fished out on Monday.

The officials who were travelling in a wooden boat along with four others capsized in the water on Telangana-Maharahstra border. The deceased were Balakrishna, a resident of Chintagunta village in Kaghaznagar and Suresh, a native of Temlaguda village in Kerameri mandal.

Four other officials managed to survive themselves.

The bodies of the deceased were fished out by the expert divers, officials of National Disaster Response Force around 8 am today. The post-mortem of the bodies were held at Sirpur (T) government hospital and are yet to shift to their native places.