Youth enters Powai lake for swim, drowns

MUMBAI: A 16-year-old drowned when he entered

Powai lake

at 6.18pm on Monday. Satyam Gupta had visited the lake with friends.

Powai police registered a case of accidental death report. Few onlookers at the promenade alerted police and called the fire brigade. It took almost an hour for the fire brigade to fish out the body. Police said he entered despite a warning. Gupta was taken to Rajawadi hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Senior inspector Anil Pophale said he had tried to

swim

.