Fashion designer feared drowned at Tungarli dam

Fashion designer feared drowned at Tungarli dam


A 24-year-old Thane-based fashion designer Rixson D’souza was feared drowned in Tungarli dam during a picnic on Sunday afternoon, about 65 km away from Pune.

Lonavala city police informed that the incident took place around 1.30 pm.

Police said D’souza had gone along with nine friends, including his sister, in a car. They reached Lonavla in the morning and went to the dam for a picnic.

Police said all of them including D’souza stepped into the dam waters on Sunday afternoon. After swimming for sometime, D’souza entered the deep waters and was having trouble returning to the bank.

Senior police inspector Vishnu Pawar of Lonavla city police said, “After D’souza found it difficult to get back to the bank, his friends and other tourists at the spot tried to help him. However, they could not bring him back to the bank.

“So, they immediately informed Lonavla police about the incident, and a local group – Shiv Durga and the police team went to the spot to search for D’souza. However, we were not able to find him till 8 pm on Sunday.”

Pune girl meets watery grave
A girl residing in Pune, Sakshi Ravindra Pawar (11), was feared drowned at Thosegarh falls in Satara on Sunday. Search and rescue operations were on till late night on Sunday.

Sakshi, a resident of Sadashiv Peth in Pune, had accompanied her parents to the Thosegarh falls on Sunday. At 11 am, while she was posing for photographs, she slipped and fell into the falls.

Experienced trekkers from Sahyadri Trekkers and other groups from Mahabaleshwar started the search operations to recover her body.

According to the police, the falls have witnessed a heavy rush of tourists over the last few days.

Sakshi was a student of standard V at Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya.