Maharashtra: Two brothers drown in canal of Gosekhurd Dam while clicking selfies

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Two brothers in their thirties drowned in a canal of the Gosekhurd Dam in Bhandara district while clicking selfies, police said.

Mangesh Junghare (37) and his brother Vinod (35), residents of Umred in Nagpur, drowned on August 15 and their bodies were fished out at 3 pm on August 16, an official said.

"Vinod ventured into the water first to click a selfie and lost his balance and got caught in the current. Mangesh tried to save him but both drowned," the Paoni police station official said.

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