A 6-year-old boy named Amresh Rao went missing after floating in the Nagavali river near Chekaguda Hanging Bridge of Rayagada district. More than 30 hours have passed since the incident, but the fire brigade officials have not been able to recover the body.
According to information, the son of A.Gopalkrishna Rao of Andhra Pradesh drowned while swimming in the Nagavali river on Thursday afternoon. His father also jumped into the river to save Amresh.
But could not save him. Finally, the father was rescued by the fire brigade. According to the information received, a team of 6 people from the Rayagada fire brigade department is continuing to search in Nagavali river.
The team is still searching for the dead body this morning but there is no clue of Amaresh. Sukant Kumar Sethi, the head of the fire brigade said that the rescue is going on but it is difficult to find out the body due to the strong current of the water.