Three people swept away found dead in Mahabubabad

Warangal: The bodies of three persons, including a father and his daughter, who were washed away by floods following heavy rains on Sunday, were recovered in Mahbubabad district on Monday.

The victims were identified as Nunavath Mothilal and his daughter Ashwini, an agronomist from Gangram Thanda in Karepalli mandal, Khammam district. They were travelling from Khammam to Shamshabad airport when their car was swept off the Purushothamayagudem bridge by the strong current of Akeru Vagu river.

They called their families as they were being swept away. The incident took place early Sunday morning in Maripeda mandal of Mahbubabad district.

Alerted by social media reports, rescue teams launched a search operation and discovered Ashwini's body in the fields near Dharmaram in Maripeda mandal on Sunday evening and Mothilal's body on the outskirts of Purushothamayagudem on Monday.

In another incident, Chinna Narsaiah, a fisherman from Venkatapuram village in Thorrur mandal, was swept away by floodwaters while fishing in Balla Cheruvu on Saturday. His body was found in the water on Monday.

A van carrying five people was washed away by the waters of the Rolla Vagu on the outskirts of the city of Mahbubabad. After locals raised the alarm, police and firefighters, with the help of locals, rescued four people in the van using ropes. A search operation to find the fifth person, who is still missing, is still underway.