India, June 1 -- A 21-year-old man drowned in the Pavana River on Saturday near the Bebadohal-Parandwadi bridge in Maval taluka, while two of his friends were rescued by local residents and members of a trekking group.

The incident occurred when three friends from Pimpri-Chinchwad visited the area for a weekend outing.

The deceased, Arman Kumar (21), a native of Baghmari in Jharkhand who was living in Pimpri-Chinchwad, was swept away by the river's strong current. His friends, Deepak Kumar and Ramakant Darwa, were rescued.

According to police, the trio had gone to the river for sightseeing and entered the water. When two of them began struggling in the current, one friend attempted a rescue and managed to save one of them. Arman, howev...