Nagpur, Mar 19 (PTI) Two men drowned while bathing in a river post Holi celebrations at a village in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said on Saturday.

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The incident took place at Shiva Sawanga village in Kondhali police station limits, around 50 km from the district headquarters, on Friday, an official said.

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Devanand Vindo Pawar (23) and Mangesh Yadavrao Ingale (23) had ventured into Bor river for a bath around 11.30 am after celebrating Holi, he said.

The duo drowned unable to gauge the depth of the river, following which a few others who had gathered on the banks alerted the villagers and the police were informed, the official said.

The bodies were fished out and sent for post-mortem, and a case of accidental death was registered, he added.

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