Four drown in a lake near Hyderabad

Four persons including a 11-year-old boy, all relatives, today drowned after a canoe on which they were sitting capsized "due to overloading" in a lake in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district, police said. The incident occurred this afternoon in Devarampalli village under Mominpet mandal of the district when four persons sat on a Canoe which was meant for carrying only one person and it capsized due to overloading resulting in drowning of the four, Ranga Reddy District Superintendent of Police Rama Rajeswari R told PTI over phone. Some locals noticed the bodies floating in the lake and alerted the police and all the four bodies were recovered and sent for post-mortem, she said. The deceased were identified as Venkatesh (33), Raju (11), Subhan (30) and Balkrishna (27), another police officer attached to Mominpet police station said. None of the victims knew swimming and they sat on the wooden log and ventured into the water for fishing, he said, adding after they reached middle of the lake, the canoe suddenly capsized due to overloading. The relatives had come down to the village to attend a family function following birth of a baby, the officer said. Police said investigations are underway.