2 drown, 3 missing during Ganesh idol immersion in Pune district

According to information given by the Chakan police station under the Pimpri-Chinchwad police, the deceased was identified as Sandesh Popat Nikam, 36, who drowned in a well in the Biradwadi village when people were immersing a Ganesh idol in a well. His body was taken out later.

In another incident around the same time in the Waki Budruk village of Khed, one man drowned while another was reported missing when a group of youths was immersing in a Ganesh idol. Locals recovered the body of a man identified as Anantkumar Jaiswal, 21, while a search is on for another man. The local police said that the group had ventured beyond the demarcated area for idol immersion.

In the third incident, a man was reported missing in the waters of the Bhima River near Shel Impalgaon town when he and his wife were immersing a Ganesh idol around Saturday noon. A strong current of the river swept the man away, and he could not be traced after that. A search is underway for him.

The fourth incident took place in the Nimgaon Sava village of the Junnar taluka of the Pune district. A man named Ashok Khandu Gadge entered the Kukdi River and was swept away by a strong circular current. Officials reported that a search is currently underway for him.