Maharashtra: One Dead, Two Feared Drowned In River In Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad; Search Underway

Maharashtra: One person died while two others are feared drowned while performing a ritual in Indrayani river in Moshi area of Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune on Monday, a civic official said. A team of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) and divers from a local NGO are looking for the missing persons in the river, the official added.

"Some persons from Vedashree Tapovan University had come to the river near Moshi to perform 'nadi pujan' (river worship) in the morning. While performing the ritual, one of them slipped into the waters, and two others entered the river to save him," said the official from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, as quoted by news agency PTI.

"The body of one person has been fished out while a search is on for two others," he said.

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Last month, a man went missing after he jumped into a waterfall and was swept away by the strong water currents in Pune’s Tamhini Ghat. This incident came just a day after five people of a family were swept away in a swollen waterfall in Lonavala.

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The man, who was reportedly a trek leader, was out on a trek with 20 people, including his friends and family at the popular picnic spot. There, he decided to dive into the waterfall, confident that he could swim back. However, he was swept away by the strong currents of the waterfall.

The man's 10-year-old daughter was recording her father’s actions that turned tragic. In the video, the man can be seen taking a dive into the waterfall swollen with gushing water. He then tries to swim back to the surface but struggles a bit, looking for something to hold on to. As he finally holds on to a rock at the edge of the waterfall, the rushing water sweeps him away downstream.