Overview
- Mumbai Fire Brigade crews retrieved two submerged 19-year-olds from a water-filled quarry in Shaikh Khadan, Ketki Pada, and doctors at BDBA Shatabdi Hospital declared them brought dead.
- The victims were identified as Piyush Gupta and Om Ankush Singh and two other students who went with them survived.
- Police have opened an inquiry into the circumstances and are probing whether alcohol played a role, a factor officials say is not yet confirmed.
- Residents and a local party worker said the quarry falls inside park land, has warning boards and a check post but offers alternate hill routes that bypass controls and hide deep pits.
- Calls for action include filling pits, stronger physical barriers and clearer patrol responsibility across National Park and forest authorities to prevent recurring drownings.