Two die as heavy rain lashes Kadiri, Talupula mandals; Car gets washed away at a causeway

The bodies of both the victims have been retrieved. They all are residents of Moorthypalli in Kadiri.

Heavy rain lashed the South-Eastern parts of Anantapur district overnight leading to the death of two persons as the car in which they were travelling got washed away at a causeway at Gollapalli Thanda in the early hours of Friday. Due to a breach in the Yerragunta tank and heavy rain, water suddenly gushed in at the causeway 3km from the Anantapur-Kadapa border at Gollapalli Thanda near Odulapalli at 3 a.m. on Friday, leading to the mishap, the police said. According to Kadiri Circle Inspector Niranjan Reddy a Kadiri resident and former TDP councillor Hussain Basha along with his son Babjan, 19, was travelling to Vijayawada in a car being driven by Rafiq, 30. Hussain managed to jump out of the car before the water swept away the car. The bodies of both the victims have been retrieved. They all are residents of Moorthypalli in Kadiri.