Lanja (Ratnagiri ) : A young man drowned under a waterfall in Veravli Berdevadi in Lanja taluka around 3 PM on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Prathamesh Dattaram Talekar (25), a resident of Kalsawali in Rajapur taluka.
A group of seven to eight young men from Kalsawali, Rajapur had come to their village from Mumbai. Today, they were bathing near the Veravli Berdevadi dam waterfall. While bathing, Prathamesh slipped and drowned in the reservoir under the waterfall. When he did not resurface for a long time, the other young men panicked. After about two hours, his body was found floating in the water.
Following this incident, Veravli Budruk Police Patil Prabhakar Kulye informed the police. Subsequently, Lanja Police Inspector Maruti Atkude arrived at the scene with his team. At 4 PM, the body was retrieved from the waterfall pool and brought to Lanja Rural Hospital. The waterfall is created by the overflow of the Veravli Berdevadi dam. This waterfall is extremely dangerous and is under a prohibition order for public access.