02 April,2026 12:45 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
A case of accidental death was registered, police said. Representational Pic/File
A 10-year-old boy lost his life after drowning while he was swimming with his friends in a lake in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday, reported the PTI.
The incident took place on Tuesday at a lake in the Mogarpada locality, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Kasarwadavali Police Station.
According to police, the boy had gone to the lake with his friends and entered the water for a swim, during which he drowned.
His friends raised an alarm after the incident, prompting police and fire brigade personnel to rush to the scene. After a search operation, the boy's body was later recovered from the lake, as per the PTI.
Authorities have registered a case of accidental death, and further formalities are being carried out.
In an another incident, two children drowned in a pond in Maharashtra's Bhandara district, police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.
The tragic incident took place at Rongha village in Tumsar taluka in Bhandara, police said.
According to the officials, the children were identified as Chandrapal Rupchand Kumbhare (7) and Sarthak Sanjay Uike (6). Both went missing while playing on Tuesday afternoon.
Their bodies were seen floating in the nearby pond on Wednesday morning which were later pulled out and shifted to a hospital.
Gobarwahi Police was conducting further probe in the matter, the officials said.
Meanwhile, two men allegedly drowned in a canal in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh on Wednesday while immersing 'puja' materials, the police said, according to the PTI.
The incident occurred in the Sadul Branch canal in the Hanumangarh Junction area when Mohit Swami (20) slipped while immersing 'puja' materials, and Aman Bajigar (19) and Mohit Thalod (19) jumped in to rescue him, Additional SP Arvind Vishnoi said, as per the PTI.
A disaster management team rushed to the spot and later pulled them out and rushed them to the district hospital, police said.
Swami and Bajigar lost their lives, while Thalod is reported to be in stable condition and was getting medical treatment, the SP said.
(with PTI inputs)
