Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.
“We are going to Tirupati next week,” Deepa told her friends.

A

Deepa told her friends that they will go to Tirupati next week.

B

Deepa told to her friends that she is going to Tirupati following week.

C

Deepa told her friends that we were going to Tirupati the following week.

D

Deepa told her friends that they were going to Tirupati the following week.