India, Feb. 21 -- A 24-year-old man drowned in Pavana River near Lonavla on Friday evening, police said. Police have filed an accidental death case under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

The deceased has been identified as Ritik Kailas Sakhare of Malharnagar, Thergaon Kalewadi, Pune. The incident took place near the cremation ground behind Shantai Hotel, close to the river at around 5.22 pm.

Dinesh Tayde, inspector, Lonavla Rural Police Station, said, "Seven friends on a trip to the hill station entered the waters. Two of them slipped and fell into the river. Sakhare saved them but later drowned."

Police with the help of a local trekking group recovered the body and sent it for autopsy.

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