A teenager drowned in Arnala Beach, Virar where he had gone with his two friends on Thursday evening. Police sources said that the deceased Amit Santosh Gupta, 18, had ventured deep into the sea at Arnala Beach in Virar West but he lost his balance and drowned in the sea.

“Though he was fished out of the seawater and was given Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) by manually compressing his chest and was rushed to a nearby hospital. He was declared dead by the doctors,” said an officer.