Two friends, on a picnic, drowned in the backwaters of Bhushi Dam in Lonavala in Maharashtra's Pune district on Sunday, police said, reported the PTI.

The incident occurred at Bhushi Dam in Lonavala, which sees heavy footfall of tourists and picnickers.

An official said that the victims, M. Jamal and Sahil Ashraf Ali Shaikh, both natives of Uttar Pradesh working in Pimpri Chinchwad, had gone to the dam for a picnic with their friends.