Nagpur: A group of friends experienced a tragic turn of events during a Sunday outing when one of them drowned at Salai Mendha Lake in the Hingna area on May 9.
The victim, identified as 27-year-old Ravindra Devaji Sharnagat from Amarnagar, MIDC, drowned while swimming with his friends Praveen Vinshu Rajak, Sachin Kangale, Manish Mishra, and Rohit Singh.
According to police reports, the friends went to Salai Mendha Lake to enjoy a day out and decided to take a swim around 12:30 pm to cool off. During the swim, Ravindra began to struggle and eventually drowned. Although his friends managed to pull him out of the water, he was unconscious.
Ravindra was immediately taken to the Government Healthcare Facility in Hingna, but doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
Hingna Police Station has registered a case of accidental death, and further investigations are underway.