THANE: A 15-year-old boy drowned in Thane creek after losing balance while clicking a selfie on the edge of the shore on Tuesday afternoon.

Shubham Rayte, a resident of Ganesh nagar in Manpada visited a college in Thane east in the morning. Rayte along with two of his friends had come for admissions of junior college located in Mithbunder area. While going back, the trio decided to visit the creek shore, said a police officer.

“It is suspected that Rayte was lured by the water filled and showers going on Rayte went on the edge along with his friend and lost balance and fell in the creek. His friend however, managed to come afloat on the shore but Rayte drowned inside the creek,” said a police officer.

The sleuths of regional disaster management cell and fire brigade personnels after an hour long search fished out the body of the boy and accidental death report has been registered at Kopri police station.