Thane, May 19: A 16-year-old boy drowned while swimming in a water-filled quarry in Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, a civic official said.

The incident took place around 3.40 pm when the boy Rohit Suryaban Raut had ventured into the quarry in Diva area for a swim, said Avinash Sawant, chief of the regional disaster management cell said. Uttar Pradesh Shocker: Youth Making Instagram Reels In Ganga River Drowns While Taking a Holy Dip in Bulandshahr (Disturbing Video).

Local firemen along with the RDMC team fished out the body, which was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, he said. The police have registered a case of accidental death, it was stated.

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