Maha: 21-year-old student drowns as he enters river to wash off Holi colours

His friends raised an alarm following which a rescue operation was launched. His body was fished out around 2.30 pm, said an official from Talegaon MIDC police station. In another drowning incident, a 30-year-old man lost his life in the Arabian Sea off Mumbais Juhu beach.

A 21-year-old engineering student drowned in a river on Tuesday after he and his friends entered the water body following Holi celebrations in Maharashtra’s Pune district, an official said.

Jalgaon resident Jaideep Patil, a third-year student at D Y Patil Engineering College at Varale in Talegaon Dabhade, and 10 other friends went to the nearby Indrayani river to wash off colours after celebrating the festival, the official said.

“While his friends remained near the river bank, Patil ventured deep into the water and lost his balance. His friends raised an alarm following which a rescue operation was launched. His body was fished out around 2.30 pm,” said an official from Talegaon MIDC police station. In another drowning incident, a 30-year-old man lost his life in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai’s Juhu beach.