Chhatapati Sambhajinagar
Two teenage friends drowned while swimming in a pond in Vairagad Shivara Lasur station on Sunday around 3 pm.
The deceased have been identified as Gaurav Prakash Shejwal (16) and Rishikesh Somnath Waghchaure (15), both residents of Vairagad. Both were Class 10 students and had gone to the pond with two other friends in the afternoon. While swimming, they misjudged the depth of the water and drowned around 3 pm. Their classmates, realizing the danger, rushed back to the village and informed the locals. Villagers immediately arrived at the spot and searched for them in the water. After considerable effort, they recovered both bodies and rushed them to a private hospital in Lasur Station, where doctors declared them dead. Their funeral rites were performed in Vairagad at 7 pm. Gaurav Shejwal is survived by his parents and a sister, while Rishikesh Waghchaure is survived by his parents and a brother. As of late Sunday night, the incident had not yet been officially recorded by the police.