Amid Ganeshotsav, a 7-year-old boy from Rabodi in Thane drowned on Friday night in an artificial lake made for Ganpati idol immersions, reported PTI.

The incident took place at Ambe-Gosale Lake when the deceased, identified as Jaihad Azhar Shaikh, went for a swim at 8 pm, Avinash Sawant, chief of the Thane civic body's Regional Disaster Management Cell, told PTI.