NAVI MUMBAI: A 20-year-old youth from Kurla who had come to a small dam behind Gadeshwar temple in Panvel for celebrating his friend's birthday died due to drowning in the dam water on Thursday.
The victim, Vinayak Saroj and his group of friends had entered the dam to take a dip, when Saroj could not fathom the depth of water and feared drowned, said the police.
Saroj’s friends shouted for help and then the locals rushed to rescue Saroj, who had feared drowned. The Panvel city police and fire brigade arrived and carried out a search operation. The victim’s body was fished out of the water after an hour of search operation. “Despite prohibition several revellershave been visiting the place and risk their life for leisure,said the police.
