Published On : Sat, Apr 6th, 2013
By Nagpur Today Nagpur News

Three from city drowned in Kapileshwar Lake in Kelvad

Nagpur News : Two youths and a girl from Nagpur drowned in Kapileshwar Lake while they had been to a one day picnic at Kelvad in Saoner, around 36 kilometres away from the city on Saturday afternoon. Police said that a group of six friends-two boys and three girls- had gone had gone to picnic in which four girls however escaped luckily but failed to save their friends.

19-year-old Aakash Yadav from Rambagh, Ganjipeth resident Mahendra Sahoo and Sonali Gajbhiye of Nari road, both aged 21 were drowned.

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Police said that all six friends were playing in the lake water when suddenly Yaav started drowning. Police said that the fiends had made a chain to pull out Yadav but slowly Sahoo and Gajbhiye drowned. Sensing danger, others-Harsha Yadav, Jaya Sharma and another named Vandana- immediately came out and saved each other.

An hour later, the girls later alerted Kelvad police station. Till late night, police were searching for the bodies in the lake.

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