India, June 2 -- A 20-year-old man drowned on Saturday after he slipped and fell into the sea at the Juhu Koliwada beach jetty while posing for pictures. Despite attempts to save him, he was declared dead at the hospital.

The deceased, Anil Rajput, a resident of Koliwada, Khar Danda, had gone to the beach with his roommates, said the police. An eyewitness at the site, Nicky D'Scouza, who runs the community Juhu Buzz, described seeing the four men approach the edge of the jetty at the Juhu Koliwada beach at around 5pm, ignoring the warnings from people around them. "The water was very rough and splashing violently against the rocks," said D'Souza.

Rajput was posing on the rocks when at 5:43pm, as per D'Souza, a strong wave struck him and...