A 17-year-old boy drowned in Upvan Lake in Thane, Maharashtra. He had allegedly gone missing while swimming with his friends on Monday. The incident occurred at around 01:45 pm near Ganapati Visarjan Ghat in Thane, the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation said on Monday.

The RDMC said that the incident was reported to the disaster management unit at around 2:12 pm following which the civic officials rushed to the spot to locate the boy.