<p>An official on Monday said that an 18-year-old boy drowned while swimming with his friends in a lake in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/minor-boy-drowns-in-water-tank-in-thane-building-23482705" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane city</a>, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The teenager's body was recovered from the Rayladevi Lake in the Wagle Estate area after hours of search and rescue efforts, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Sahil Ghorpade, a resident of Sathenagar, had gone swimming with his friends on Sunday evening, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the civic disaster management cell, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He drowned due to the unpredictable depth and water levels, he said.</p>
<p>The official said teams from the disaster management cell, police personnel, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/six-drown-in-kalyan-apti-river-in-thane-district-during-holi-2025-celebrations-23500772" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">fire department staff</a> with an emergency tender and rescue vehicle, and an ambulance rushed to the scene and the body was fished out in the wee hours of Monday.</p>
<h2>Uttar Pradesh: 3 children drown in pond in Pratapgarh</h2>
<p>In another incident, three children from a family drowned in a pond in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh on Sunday, police said.</p>
<p>Kesari (7), Kuki (6) and Khushi (10) had gone to take a bath in the pond at Dharouli Madhupur ward in Kohndour, Additional Superintendent of Police Durgesh Kumar Singh told PTI.</p>
<p>People rushed to the spot when they heard the children's screams. All three were taken out of the pond and sent to the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/37-year-old-thane-district-official-drowns-at-beach-in-maharashtras-raigad-23505079" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">local hospital</a> for treatment, where doctors declared them dead, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Police have sent the bodies for post-mortem, he added.</p>
<h2>Three boys drown while bathing in village pond in Odisha's Nayagarh</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, three boys allegedly drowned in a pond in Odisha's Nayagarh district on Sunday, police said.</p>
<p>The incident happened in Godibida village in Daspalla block. The boys were bathing in the village pond after attending a wedding when the incident happened, they said.</p>
<p>Locals rescued the boys and took them to the Daspalla hospital where a doctor declared them brought dead.</p>
<p>The deceased were identified as Umakant Nayak (11), Ritesh Pradhan (11) and Subham Khilari (9), police said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>In a similar incident, a 14-year-old boy drowned while bathing in the <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-two-teenage-friends-drown-in-ulhas-river-in-thane-district-23505213" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kathajodi river</a> near Khannagar in Cuttack.</p>
<p>The deceased was identified as Suryakanta Majhi, police said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Locals and fire service personnel rescued him and took him to the SCB Medical College and Hospital, where the doctors declared him dead.</p>
<p>In another incident, a four-year-old boy was killed, and his parents and uncle were injured after their motorcycle hit a dumper on the Patnagarh-Gaisilet Road in Bolangir district, police said.</p>
<p>The boy was seated on the fuel tank of the motorcycle, while his uncle was riding it, and his parents were seated behind.</p>
<p>The boy died on the spot. The other three persons were undergoing treatment at a hospital.</p>
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