Mother-son feared drowned in Bhairavnath lake; man who dives to rescue duo dies

Police said that the woman identified as Rohini Sanjay Patole (40) and her son Swapnil (12) had gone to the lake to wash clothes.

A mother and her 12-year-old child drowned at Bhairavnath lake near Wagheshwar temple in Wagholi on Tuesday. Another person, who dived into the water body to rescue the mother-son duo, also drowned, according to Lonikand police.

The police and fire brigade officials were able to find the body of Jadhav as search operations were on till late in the evening on Tuesday. (Shankar Narayan/HT PHOTO)

Police said that the woman identified as Rohini Sanjay Patole (40) and her son Swapnil (12) had gone to the lake to wash clothes.

Swapnil ventured into the water and started calling for help. Hearing his cries, the mother rushed to his rescue and both of them drowned, as they did not know how to swim.

A third person, identified as Dattatreya Raghunath Jadhav (42), a resident of Wagholi gaothan, also got drowned while trying to rescue them, police said.

The police and fire brigade officials were able to find the body of Jadhav as search operations were on till late in the evening. Inspector Pratap Mankar, incharge of Lonikand police station, said that the villagers, police officials and divers were part of search operation and believe that it would take time to fish out the bodies of the woman and her son.

“We have lodged a case related to accidental death due to drowning and further investigation is on. The woman was a housewife and her son studied at the local village school. The third deceased also hails from the same area and he, too, did not know how to swim. We have fished out the body of Jadhav and search for the other bodies is currently on,” he said.