3 drown as bike plunges into canal

RAZOLE (East Godavari): In a tragic incident that took place at Gumellanka village in Malkipuram mandal of

East Godavari district

in the wee hours of Tuesday, a woman and two children drowned in an agricultural canal as the bike on which they were travelling plunged into the canal.


According to the police, Meduri Suguna, who belongs to Kaja village of Yalamanchili mandal in West Godavari district, was going to Peda Lanka village in

Sakhinetipalli

mandal in East Godavari for treatment of skin infection along with her two children Bhargavi (5) and Kiranmayi (4), and two relatives, Vadlamani Siva Nageswara Rao and Krupa (23) — all squeezed on the ill-fated two-wheeler.

The overloaded bike plunged into the canal near Gudimellanka. While Nageswara Rao and Suguna managed to swim their way to safety, Patnala Krupa, Meduri Bhargavi and Meduri Kiranmayi drowned. Local people and fire department personnel fished out the bodies of Krupa and Bhargavi while the search is on to find the other body. Malkipuram SI Rama Rao is investigating the case.

Elsewhere, police raided a milk production unit at Ayyaparajugudem village in Lingapalem mandal in the early hours of Tuesday and seized adulterated milk and milk products.

The owner of the unit, Mutineni Suresh, has been arrested. The accused used to procure milk from local farmers and used to adulterate it before supplying it in the market. Police also adulterated milk powder packets, oil packets and butter. All the stock has been seized while the production united has been sealed. The samples have been sent for lab tests.