GONDIA: Four persons, including a teenage boy, drowned in a river in
Gondia district of
Maharashtra while taking a bath, an official said, adding their bodies were recovered on Wednesday.
The incident occurred on Tuesday after the four
youngsters, who were part of a procession to immerse 'Marbats' or clay idols, entered the river at Mundipar village but were swept away due to the strong current of water.
A rescue team fished out the bodies of the four on Wednesday morning, said Rajan Choubey, District Disaster Management Officer.