Updated On: 25 May, 2025 08:57 PM IST | Gondia (Maharashtra) | mid-day online correspondent
The two used to set out early in the morning to exercise as they were preparing for police recruitment. They went for a bath in the river and drowned after failing to gauge the depth of the water. A friend who accompanied them alerted others, an official said

The bodies were handed over to their families after post mortem at the rural hospital in Amgaon, an official said. Representational Pic/File
Two teenagers drowned in Bagh river in Maharashtra's Gondia district on Sunday morning, an official said, adding that both were preparing for police recruitment, reported the PTI.
District Disaster Management Office functionary Rajan Choubey identified the deceased as Krishnakumar Hetram Pardhi (17) and Shubham Bhimrao Kamble (19), both residents of Poketola in Amgaon tehsil.