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News18•20-09-2026, 12:06
Tragedy Strikes Bhima River: 14-Year-Old Drowns While Mother Washes Clothes
  • •A 14-year-old boy, Sunny Ganesh Solunke, drowned in the Bhima River in Shirur taluka, Pune.
  • •Sunny and his cousin Yashraj were playing in the river while their mother was washing clothes nearby.
  • •Both boys began to drown; a fisherman rescued Yashraj, but Sunny disappeared in the deep water.
  • •Sunny's body was recovered on Friday morning after an extensive search operation.
  • •An accidental death report has been registered at Shikrapur Police Station, with PC Navnath Naikade investigating.

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Sunny and a relative entered the river to play while his mother was busy washing clothes on the riverbank, and they misjudged the water depth, causing them to drown.

A person fishing nearby immediately jumped into the river without delay and safely pulled out Yashraj Chavan.

After search operations had to be suspended on Thursday due to nightfall, the rescue teams resumed the search on Friday morning and found Sunny's body in the river water.