Two missing as auto rickshaw falls in canal

Two persons are missing after the auto rickshaw they were travelling in fell into a canal at Pamarru in the Krishna district today.

Pamarru Circle Inspector G Srinivas said that eight persons, who work in a private Transport company at Vijayawada, were going to Manginapudi beach in the rickshaw.

It fell into Pulleru canal this evening while negotiating a bend in the road.

Two persons, Rajendra Singh (32) of Haryana and Somer Chowdary (26) of Rajasthan, were still missing, he said, while others were rescued.