India, July 13 -- Two men from Pune drowned at Raigad's popular Devkund waterfall on Sunday after they allegedly ignored police warnings and entered the restricted area through an unauthorised route.

The deceased Gopal Ramlal Rathod, from Damla Tanda in Mukhed taluka of Nanded district, and Vishnu Vilas Dhok, a resident of Jaipur village in Sengaon taluka of Hingoli district, were employed in different companies in Chakan MIDC. They were part of a group of 20 employees, including six women, who hired a minibus and travelled from Chakan MIDC to visit the waterfall.

At around 12.15 pm, the group reached the Patnus T-point, where police personnel deployed for monsoon bandobast stopped them from proceeding further and instructed them to ret...