BICHOLIM
A youth from Uttamnagar-Delhi drowned in the Arvalem waterfall on Monday.According to reports, Harsh Rajesh Kumar (21) and some friends had arrived at Calangute on August 21 and proceeded to the Arvalem waterfall on Monday.
The group is reported to have gone for a swim, when Kumar disappeared in the water.
The police and fire services were notified and after a prolonged search, the body was recovered from the waterfall.
DySP Sandesh Chodankar, Bicholim PI Mahesh Gadekar and Bicholim Fire Officer Shripad Gawas supervised the search operations. The body was later sent to the GMC hospital Bambolim for and autopsy.
This is the second drowning case this month, after a native of Amritsar-Punjab had also drowned in the Arvalem waterfall on August 1.
