7 of a family drown in lake
■ Victims underestimated depth, accidentally waded into deep waters
Hyderabad: Seven members of a family from Falaknuma, including four women, drowned in a lake in Amangal of Mahbubnagar district on Wednesday afternoon. The victims, who had gone on a picnic after visiting their relative’s house in Mudvin village, had entered the lake to swim. However, they underestimated the depth of the water and drowned one after the other, in an attempt to rescue the first person who was drowning. The victims were identified as Salman Baig, 22, his wife Munna alias Naziya, his brother Rahman Baig, 16, his sister Ruqiya, 19, his brother-in-law Md Basith, 38, and his cousins Nasrath Fathima and Muskan, both 17. Six others of the family survived as they did not get into the water. The incident occurred at Gouramma Lake in Charikonda village in the afternoon.
Seven people of a family from Falaknuma, including four women, drowned in a lake at Amangal in Mahbubnagar district on Wednesday.
The victims, who had gone on a picnic after visiting their relative’s house in Mudvin village, had entered the lake to swim. However, they underestimated the water depth and drowned one after other, in an attempt to rescue the first victim. The victims were identified as Salman Baig, 22, his wife Munna alias Naziya, his brother Rahman Baig, 16, his sister Ruqiya, 19, his brother-inlaw Md. Basith, 38, and his cousins Masarath Fathima and Muskan, both 17.
Six people belonging to the family survived as they did not get into the water.
The incident occurred at Gouramma Lake in Charikonda village. Locals said the seven had entered the lake and Muskan moved into deeper water and started drowning.
“As Muskan started shouting for help, Rahman and Salman tried to save her. However, they too started drowning. Then Basith went to rescue them. However, he too started to drown. The other two women tried to help them but they too were dragged in,” said Amangal CI P. Sai Kumar.
The rest of the family, four women, started shouting for help and attracted the attention of villagers. However, the seven had drowned before local swimmers could do anything. “In an hour we retrieved the bodies. By then they were dead,” said the CI.
Police officials and locals said the lake’s bottom is marshy and some areas are very deep. Locals said that there were deep trenches in some areas and that the victims did not know them.
Officials said that only locals entered the lake for fishing. “There were no recent drowning incidents here,” said Mr Sai Kumar.