Body of a man was fished out by divers after five hours of search which started at 5 in the morning on Tuesday; deceased had gone for picnic along with his two friends at Kerwa Dam in the afternoon on Monday.
Two persons drowned in the afternoon when they have gone for picnic at Kerwa Dam with their friend who was rescued in the evening.
The deceased was identified as Shankar Madloi while Mukesh Hirve was not found in the search operation which continued till the evening.
Police have sent the body for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered.
During the investigation police found that after having food the three went to take bath. At the start they were stable as the water was not deep and water current was negligible and as they started to move inside the water they were swept with heavy water current and started drowning. One of them identified as Mukesh Kochale kept afloat as he grabbed branch of a tree while the two failed to find any support and drowned.
Notably in the afternoon on Monday the three went to Kerwa Dam and later two drowned while one was rescued during rescue operation.
After receiving the information the local divers and Ratibad police swung into action on the receipt of the information and started rescue operation.
Police said that the deceased was a resident of Indra Nagar EWS at 12 no stop while the one who escaped is also resident of the same area.