Birthday celebration turns tragic for student, 3 classmates

: The birthday celebrations of an enginnering college student ended on a tragic note Wednesday when he and two friends drowned in a lake in Suryapet district while trying to save their classmate, who also died.

The four were part of a group of 20 students, who had all gone to the lake adjacent to a temple here, to celebrate the birthday of their classmate Praveen, police said.

One of the students was washing his hands in the lake when he slipped and fell in