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Maharashtra: 65-year-old man jumps into creek in Mumbra, search operations underway

Updated on: 15 October,2023 07:03 PM IST  |  Thane
mid-day online correspondent |

65-year-old man reportedly jumped into the creek in Mumbra area of Thane district in Maharashtra

Maharashtra: 65-year-old man jumps into creek in Mumbra, search operations underway

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A 65-year-old man reportedly jumped into the creek near Babaji Patil Wadi in Mumbra area of Thane district in Maharashtra on Sunday, the Regional Disaaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) said.


According to the RDMC, the incident took place at around 12:53 pm and the matter was initially reported to the Disaster Management Unit by Mumbra Fire Station.


Upon receiving the information, Mumbra Police personnel, along with personnel from the Disaster Management Department and TDRF, immediately arrived at the scene. They were equipped with one rescue vehicle and two boats to conduct a search operation and a potential rescue mission and began a rescue operation.


The son of the man reportedly informed the authorities that his father's mental state was not stable, shedding light on the possible reasons for his actions, the RDMC said in a statement on Sunday evening.

The civic body said that the efforts were made to locate the man with the help of the fire brigade personnel and their boat during a search operation lasting approximately one hour around 1:00 pm. However, the search operation had to be temporarily halted but it was later resumed.

At around 5:00 pm, the search operation was resumed with the participation of fire brigade personnel, disaster management department staff, TDRF officials, and two boats. The dedicated teams worked for about one and a half hours, continuing their determined efforts to locate the missing individual.

"Efforts are on going to finding the man," an official said.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, as many as fifty-nine turtles were rescued from an artificial pond at a temple in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official from the forest department said on Sunday, the PTI reported.

The Thane forest department in a joint operation with Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) rescued the turtles on Saturday, he said.

Twenty-two out of 59 turtles were native species such as Indian flap-shell, black pond and Indian tent turtles, which are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the remaining 37 were red-eared sliders, an exotic species, Pawan Sharma of RAWW said.

(with PTI inputs)

 

 

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