Thane: A 16-year-old boy from Thane drowned at Nilapani lake in Yeoor on Sunday morning. The boy had gone there for a swim with friends, the police said. The fire brigade and regional disaster management cell officials recovered his body and was sent to Chatrapati Shivaji hospital in Kalwa.
According to the regional disaster management cell, the deceased was identified as Prasad Madhukar Pavaskar (16), a resident of police line building, near central ground, court naka, Thane. "On Sunday morning at 7am, Pavaskar along with his six friends left home to reach Nilapani lake in Yeoor Patonapada. All the youngsters went there for swimming in the lake. According to his friends, it was at 8:30pm when Pavaskar jumped into the lake to swim. But incidentally he was hit on a stone in the lake and suffered injuries. He was rescued by his friends, but he fainted and again fell down into the lake. He got stuck in-between two stones and died", said an official from the RDMC.
Santosh Kadam, head of RDMC, Thane said that the Vartak nagar police officers along with RDMC, TDRF and fire brigade reached the spot with 1 emergency tender and one QRV. "The rescue operation was completed and the body was recovered at 11:15am. The dead body was handed over to the police who further took him to Chatrapati Shivaji hospital in Kalwa," added Kadam.
The Vartak nagar police have registered an accidental death report. The police later handed over the dead body to the Prasad's parents.
