The Diwali festival turned gloomy for the kin of at least six youths who drowned in two incidents in Telangana, police said on Sunday. Four youths drowned in the Godavari river while swimming while two others met a watery grave in Nizamsagar project late on Saturday. The four youths who drowned in the Godavari in Mulugu district hailed from Venkatapuram Mandal in the district.

Police said the bodies of two youths, identified as Tummu Tartik and Ramavarapu Prakash, were fished out by expert divers while a search was on for Anvish and Srikanth.