Pimpri :<\/strong> Three young men from Bhosari drowned while allegedly attempting to take a selfie at Jadhavwadi Dam in Maval taluka of Pune district on Friday. In a separate incident on the same day, another youth drowned in the Pavana River, taking the death toll to four and leaving the region shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The deceased in the Jadhavwadi Dam incident were identified as Ajay Garude, Aniket Pawar, and Santosh Yedke<\/strong>. All three were residents of Bhosari in Pimpri-Chinchwad and were employed at a private company in Bhosari MIDC. Originally from Parbhani district, they had gone to Maval with friends to spend their weekly day off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to preliminary information, the incident took place around 3 pm when the group reached the dam area. Due to the intense heat, they entered the water to cool off. While in the water, the trio allegedly attempted to take a selfie with their arms around each other\u2019s shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the attempt, one of them reportedly slipped into a deep pit. As the others tried to rescue him, they too were pulled in by the strong undercurrent. All three drowned before their friends could help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On hearing the commotion, local residents and rescue teams rushed to the spot. Teams from Maval wildlife rescuers and the Shivdurg organisation launched a search operation and later recovered the bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In another incident reported the same day, Manoj Bharat Gautam<\/strong> drowned while swimming in the Pavana River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police are further investigating both incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pimpri : Three young men from Bhosari drowned while allegedly attempting to take a selfie at Jadhavwadi Dam in Maval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,33],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-pimpri-chinchwad","tag-pcmc"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-300x228.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-768x584.jpg","large":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-392x272.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-390x205.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-130x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-789x445.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-150x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Editor","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d5153bc4b578f38328e6ec4367b899f9035bc845d2933bfe4a714a364de8dbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Pimpri : Three young men from Bhosari drowned while allegedly attempting to take a selfie at Jadhavwadi Dam in Maval","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Crime","Pimpri Chinchwad"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":6,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575.jpg",789,600,false],"medium":["https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-300x228.jpg",300,228,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drowned-in-water_20180479575-150x150.jpg",150,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/theleadernews.in\/?author=3"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d5153bc4b578f38328e6ec4367b899f9035bc845d2933bfe4a714a364de8dbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"Crime<\/a> Pimpri Chinchwad<\/a>","yoast_head":"\n