A woman head constable died after falling into an open drain amid heavy rain in Telangana’s famous temple town of Bhadrachalam on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as P.Sridevi, 51, a head constable attached to Kothagudem I Town police station in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. She was deployed for bandobust duty in the town.
She slipped and fell in the open drain while walking towards the Annadana Satram near the temple complex for lunch, sources said. She was swept away in the swollen drain and her body was retrieved in the drain at sluice gates of the karakatta (flood bank) a short distance away.
