Karimnagar: Man found dead in drainage canal in Chinthalapalli

Karimnagar: In a shocking incident, a youngster identified as Srinivas was found dead in the drainage canal in Chinthalapalli of Shankarapatnam mandal on Friday morning.

According to police, Srinivas, who used to run his family by operating a DJ sound system, had gone outside on Thursday and did not return. Villagers, who found his body in the drainage canal in SC Colony in the morning, informed his family members.

The police registered a case and shifted the body to hospital for post-mortem.

Earlier, three persons drowned in Nagarjuna Sagar dam in Nalgonda district after they went into it to take bath. The bodies of the deceased were pulled out by rescue workers late on Thursday.

They were identified as Nagaraju (39), Uppala Chandrakanth (26) and Vacahspati (25), all residents of Hyderabad.

The incident took place in Peddapuram mandal of Nalgonda district. The trio had come to the house of their relatives in Nagarjuna Sagar to attend a wedding. The next day they went to Nagarjuna Sagar project to make arrangements for the Upanayana ceremony of Nagaraju's son scheduled on Friday.

The youth were washed away when water was released from hydel power station. Their relatives, who were sitting on the banks, raised an alarm. Police with the help of local fishermen launched the rescue operation. After a four-hour long search operation, the bodies were traced and pulled out.