Jamshedpur, July 24 -- In a shocking incident, two junior resident doctors of Jamshedpur-based Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) drowned in the prohibited danger zone of Dimna Lake while the third doctor somehow survived after managing to swim out to safety, police said on Friday.

According to police, the incident happened between 3.00 AM and 4.00 AM on Friday when the three, identified as Dr Samir Lal, Dr Saksham Kumar Singh and Dr Yash were partying on the inside concrete slope under the three radial gates of Dimna Lake.

"Preliminary investigation suggests that the three doctors had gone to Dimna Lake around 3 AM on Friday and were apparently having a party on the lakeside radial gate slope. Dr Samir's mobile p...