Two boys drowned; 2 missing while swimming in river Darna, Maharashtra

Two boys on Saturday drowned in river Darna at Palase in Maharashtra, when they had gone to swim, while as many others are missing, police said.

Four boys had gone to the river for a swim, a senior police official said. They could not judge the water level and slipped into the the river, he added. Bodies of two boys were fished out by fire brigade personnel and locals while search was on to trace the other two, he said. The deceased were identified as Sumit Bhalerao (15) and Kalpesh Mali (14), he said, adding a probe was on.