Five friends fall in lake, two drown
   Date :06-Jul-2020

Five friends fall in lake
 People gathered near the accident spot.
 
Our Correspondent :
 
KARANJA,
 
A short outing turned tragic when two youngsters, including a 15-year-old boy, met watery grave in the Dhawasa (Heti) lake in Karanja taluka of Wardha district. Three others had a lucky escape. The deceased have been sidentified as Umri residents Tejas Raju Chopde (15) and Harshal Sanjay Chaudhary. Tejas, Harshal and three others had come to Dhawasa (Heti) to meet a friend. The six friends then went to a lake in the village.
 
There was a deep portion of the lake close to the well where five boys started taking selfies. Suddenly, one of the friends slipped into the lake. The others quickly formed a chain of their hands to pull him out but all five ended up falling into the water.
 
The sixth friend, who hails from Dhawasa (Heti) Harshal Kalbhoot saw this from a distance and he came running to the spot and put his leg into the water. Fortunately, three friends managed to come out of the water with his help but Tejas Chopde and Harshal Chaudhary got drowned. Police team rushed to the spot on getting information. API Baban Mohodule, Nitesh Vaidya, Guddu Thool and Nikhil Futane reached the lake. The two bodies were fished out and sent for post-mortem. Police have registered a case and started probe.