Maha: Selfie obsession leads to drowning of five men

PALGHAR: Five men drowned in a pool at the bottom of a waterfall in Jawhar area of Palghar district of Maharashtra on Thursday afternoon, the police said. A group of 13 persons had gone to Kalmandvi waterfallsnear Jawhar town inspite of

lockdown for coronavirus, a

local police official said.

Two of them fell into the water while clicking selfies and some others jumped in to rescue them. Five of them drowned, he said.

A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was rushed to the scene. Bodies were sent to a nearby hospital for autopsy. The deceased were identified as Nimesh Patel (30), Jay Bhoir (21), Prathamesh Chavan (18), Devendra Wagh (24)and Devendra Faltankar (21).