A young boy drowns in sagar canal in Prakasam district, search operations underway

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A boy who had come out with friends to have fun with swimming in the water drowned in the sagar canal.

A boy who had come out with friends to have fun with swimming in the water drowned in the Sagar canal. The incident took place on Tuesday in Prakasam district where Kasim (16) from Yerragondapale of tenth class student who came to swim in the Tripurakaram Sagar Canal with his friends has drowned and the officials are carrying search operations.

The three other friends were tried to save the victim, meanwhile, one of those who tried to rescue the boy from the canal was about to drown and was saved by the children who are travelling on tractor. On the other hand, Kasim was already drowned away by the flow of water. After the friends informed police, the police, locals and relatives have reached there and held search operations.

Swimmers, in particular, are looking for the boy's whereabouts. Parents are weeping as Kasim is their only son. Father Hussein is a daily labourer in Yarragondapalem.