6 Drown In Andhra Pond As Boat Overturns, All Knew Swimming: Cops

All of them knew how to swim but swampy conditions in the pond meant six got stuck under the water, leading to their death, police said.

Six men drowned in a pond in Toderu village in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district as their boat capsized, police said on Monday.

The six were part of a 10-member group which entered the pond on Sunday, police said, adding four of them managed to escape to safety.

Incidentally, all of them knew how to swim but swampy conditions in the pond meant six got stuck under the water, leading to their death, police said.

The dead were Alli Srinath (18), Prasanth (28), Raghu (24), Balaji (18), Kalyan (25) and Surendra (18), police added.