Jamshedpur’s Dimna lake has become the death bed of two junior doctors, it is learnt.

These two junior doctors who had gone to Dimna lake for a stroll when one of them accidentally dropped his mobile phone into the water near the lake’s sluice gates.

One of the doctors entered the reservoir to retrieve the phone but began drowning after venturing into deep water, MGM Hospital’s Superintendent Dr Balram Jha said.

“The other two jumped in to rescue him. One of them managed to swim back to safety, while the remaining two drowned,” he said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Dayanand Kumar said police, along with civil defence personnel and divers, launched a rescue operation immediately after being informed of the incident.

“The bodies were recovered after an operation lasting more than four hours and have been sent for post-mortem examination,” he said.

According to the police, identities of the deceased have not been disclosed as their family members are yet to arrive and the necessary formalities are pending, police said.