27 May,2024 07:28 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A 33-year-old man drowned, while three members of his family were rescued at a beach in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, the police said on Monday, reported the PTI.
The incident occurred at Aare-Ware beach on Sunday evening, an official from Jaigad police station said.
According to the PTI, the victim, Pankaj Rama Gadekar, had entered the water for a swim with his wife and two other family members, he said.
Pankaj Gadekar got pulled in while locals managed to get the others out safely, the official said.
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The victim was later rushed to the nearby hospital, where he was declared dead, he said, adding that an accidental death report was registered.
Meanwhile, in an another incidednt last week, three State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) engaged in a search operation reportedly drowned after their boat capsized in a river in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district on Thursday morning, reported the PTI.
The three SDRF officials-- a sub-inspector and two constables were engaged in a search operation following a drowning incident, an official said, as the PTI.
The incident took place near Sugav village in Akole tehsil at around 7.45 am during the search for a youth who along with another person drowned in the Pravara river on Wednesday, he said.
The search team comprised four SDRF personnel and a civilian.
"Yesterday, two youth drowned in the river. While the body of one of them was fished out yesterday, search for the other person was on. A team of SDRF was summoned to carry out the search operation," Ahmednagar Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ola said, according to the PTI.
"During the search operation, the boat which was carrying five persons, including the four SDRF personnel, capsized at around 7.45 am," he said.
While one SDRF jawan was rescued, the others could not be saved, he said.
The bodies of a sub-inspector and two constables of the SDRF have been fished out, the official said.
A civilian who was with them on the boat is still missing. Search was on for him and the other youth who drowned on Wednesday, he said, as per the PTI.
(with PTI inputs)
