Pune: A 42-year-old man from Mumbai and his 17-year-old nephew on Thursday drowned in the Ghod river in Ambegaon taluka, about 100km from here.
The accident occurred around 2pm on Thursday when the man, Ulhas Hiraman Kale, and his nephew Rohan Rajendra Kale, had gone swimming in the river. “While entering the water, Ulhas lost his balance and started drowning.
His nephew jumped in to save him, but he also drowned,” an officer from Ghodegaon police said.
The officer said the a diver from the village managed to pull the duo out of the water and rushed them to a nearby hospital. “They were declared dead on arrival,” he added.