A 19-year-old netball player representing Maharashtra at 35th National Games breathed his last after getting downed while taking pictures at the Sanghumugham beach in Thiruvananthapuram.

Mayurish Pawar had played a match at the Vellayani Indoor Stadium in the morning. The Maharashtrab team left to the games village in Menamkulam later and had a stopover at the Sanghumugham beach. Eyewitness say, Pawar was caught in the waves while taking pictures.

Doctors of Ananthapuri hospital have declared Mayurish Pawar was brought dead and the postmortem performed at Medical College confirms he died due to drowning. Mayurish Pawar's body will be flown to Mumbai on Tuesday morning.

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