14-year-old boy drowns in canal in Pune

In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old boy drowned to death after he went to swim in a canal water near the Janata Vasahat area on Saturday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Chaitanya Vivek Kirad, a resident of Bhavani Peth area.
According to authorities, a group of four to five boys ventured into canal water at around 11:30 am.
Soon after Kirad started facing difficulties and he started drowning. His friends tried to save him, but they failed.
Fire brigade received a distress call at around 11:50 am. Immediately a team rushed to the spot and initiated a search operation and recovered body at around 2pm.
Prashant Gaikar, fire man, said, “Kirad didn’t know how to swim. After almost two hours, we recovered his body from the canal water and sent for further post mortem.’’