The desire to take a selfie led to the deaths of two engineering students who were drowned in Telangana's Khammam district on Saturday
The incident occurred in Nagarjuna Sagar canal in Khammam when a group of four students had gone there on outing, police said.
The survivors told police that their friends entered the canal to take a selfie but they lost balance due to strong currents and were washed away.
The deceased have been identified as Parmeswar Reddy, 21, and Nagarjuna, 20, both B.Tech students of a private college in Khammam district.
--IANS
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