Pune: A 32-year-old businessman from Khopoli drowned in a lake in Pune after his leg was caught in an underwater plant on Monday. The police have identified the deceased as Lalit Purohit. A case of accidental death has been lodged at Khopoli police station.

Lalit, who owned a garment store in Khopoli, was married and had a one-year-old son. He had gone swimming with his friends Roshan Niladhe and Aashish Shigvan at 9 am in the Peshwa era Vireshwar lake.