Prof, friend drown after illegally crossing Vainganga river

Chandrapur: Even as district borders are sealed due to the coronavirus pandemic, a professor and his friend drowned while bathing after crossing the Vainganga river, which is the border between Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts, on Wednesday.
The incident took place in the stretch of Vainganga river near village Kharkada in Brahmapuri tehsil. The deceased have been identified as professor Padmanabh Madavi (41) and his friend Sanjay Uke (41). Madavi is a professor at Dyanopasak Junior College at Nilaj village and lives alone in a rented house at Brahmapuri town. His family lives at village Koregaon in Wadsa tehsil of Gadchiroli.
Prof Madavi has been deployed for survey of Covid-19. However, he sneaked into Gadchiroli district by crossing the river and went to meet his family. While returning with his friend Uke, they again crossed the district border by canoe at Kharkada ghat. However, after alighting from the boat, the duo went to have a bath in the river. The duo went into deep waters and drowned.
Brahmapuri police later fished out their bodies from the river.