Chandrapur, June 2 -- : A 16-year-old student drowned while bathing with friends at Donge Ghat on Chandgaon Road near Brahmapuri in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased was identified as Naitik Ashok Shende (16), a resident of Jani Ward in Brahmapuri and a Class 10 student of Khristanand School.
According to police and local sources, Naitik had gone to the sports complex in Brahmapuri at around 6 am to play basketball.
After the game, he, along with his friends Soumya Dhok and Jay Raut, went to Donge Ghat at around 7:30 am for a bath.
Officials said Naitik entered the water first and reportedly asked his friends to join later.
However, he allegedly jumped into a deep section of the waterbody a...