Nagpur: A picnic turned into tragedy as two youths from Nagpur drowned after they went for a swim in the Kanhan river at Waki in Khapa Police Station area on Sunday.
According to police, a group of around eight youngsters went to Waki on Sunday afternoon. They took utensils with them for cooking food. When some of the youths were busy cooking, Kunal Ganesh Lohekar (24), a resident of Jaripatka, ventured into the water for swimming.
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After some time, he moved into deep water and started drowning. Nitesh Rajkumar Sahu (27), a resident of Sneha Deep Colony, jumped into the water to save Kunal. As Kunal was also not a good swimmer, he also started drowning in the water. Within minutes, Kunal and Nitesh disappeared into the water.
Local fishermen also dived into the water but they failed to trace the youths. Staff of Khapa Police Station led by API Ajay Mankar rushed to the spot. The police conducted a search operation with the help of local divers. However, the bodies could not be traced till late Sunday evening. The police called off the search operation. API Mankar said that the search operation would begin on Monday with the help of SDRF.
