Juhu drowning incident: Bodies of two of four boys feared drowned in sea found

Authorities in Mumbai on Tuesday said that the rescuers have found the bodies of two of the four boys who went missing in the sea off Mumbais Juhu KoliwadaAccording to a civic official the bodies of 16yearold Dharmesh Valji Faujiya and 15yearold Shubham Yogesh Bhogniya have been recoveredAccording to news agency PTI the two were part of a group of five friends aged between 12 and 16 years who ventured into the sea about half a kilometre from the shore around 530 pm on Monday but could not returnWhile one of them was rescued the others were feared drownedAn official said two of the four missing boys were found on Tuesday They were sent to the civicrun Cooper Hospital where doctors declared them brought deadThe Fire Brigade suspended the search operation due to darkness and bad weather around 11 pm on Monday Before that a Navy chopper was pressed into service at 820 pmAuthorities have already warned people and fishermen against venturing into the sea because of the rough conditions ahead of the landfall of cyclone Biparjoy on the Gujarat coast on June 15Meanwhile a 40yearold man drowned in a lake at Shirgaon at Virar East on Monday morning Police told midday that 56 friends had gone to the lake for swimming on Monday morning when the incident happened The Virar police registered the Accidental Death Report ADR and started an investigation into this matter The deceased was identified as Vinod Bistur Koli a resident of Arnala village Deceased Koli was an Executive Chairman of the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi party and a close relative of exmayor Rajiv PatilOver the last few months several incidents of drowning have been reported in the cityOn April 23 in a separate incident a 12yearold boy allegedly drowned in theMahimarea the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC had said The civic body in a statement said that the drowning incident was reported to the BMC following which the rescue teams including the Mumbai Fire Brigade were immediately rushed to the spot and a rescue operation was launched at the siteIn another such incident on March 7 a 30yearold youth identified as Ravindra Chandrakant Pangare died as he drowned off Mumbai Juhu beach Though the youth was rescued by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations Lifeguard and was taken to Cooper Hospital in Mumbai but the youth had already died The doctors declared it a case of brought deadEarlier in November 2022 two children died after drowning and three others were rescued by locals in Worli An 8yearold Kartik Choudhary and a 12yearold Savita Pal were declared brought dead on arrival by the doctors after they were shifted to a nearby hospitalIn similar incidents other than Mumbai in Andhra Pradesh in February 2023 six men drowned in a pond in Toderu village in Nellore district The six were part of a 10member group that entered the pond on Sunday police said adding four of them managed to escape to safety