A father and his son drowned in a pond while trying to catch crabs in the Appa Pada area of Kandivli East on Saturday evening. Police said the boy began drowning, and his father jumped in to rescue him, but both lost their lives.

The victims, identified as Eknath Patil, 50, and his son Vaishnav Patil, 17, were residents of Kranti Nagar in Kandivli. The Kurar police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) and launched an investigation. 

A rescuer lifts the teen Vaishnav Patil from the pond