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Pune College Student from Uttarakhand Drowns in Tamhini Ghat During Mulshi Trip with Friends
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News18•05-10-2026, 10:16
Pune College Student from Uttarakhand Drowns in Tamhini Ghat During Mulshi Trip with Friends
- •Ayush Shivsing Negi (22, Hrishikesh, Uttarakhand), a student at PIBM College in Pune, drowned in Tamhini Ghat.
- •He went to the Milkybar waterfall area in Mulshi taluka with friends for a weekend trip.
- •Ayush went missing after entering the pond at Milkybar waterfall to swim.
- •His body was later found 25 to 30 feet deep in the pond by police and search teams.
- •The incident highlights the dangers of entering water without assessing its depth.
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Ayush Shivsing Negi, a 22-year-old student from Uttarakhand living in Bhukum and studying at PIBM College in Pune, went to the Milkybar waterfall area in Tamhini Ghat with his friends on a Saturday. He went down to swim in the pond but disappeared, and his body was later found 25 to 30 feet deep by police and search teams.
As soon as the incident was reported, the concerned police officials from both the Paud and Raigad districts immediately rushed to the location to initiate inspection and search operations.
Local authorities and reports highlighted that this tragic incident once again demonstrates how extremely dangerous it can be to enter natural bodies of water without properly estimating their depth.
