Shreyas Jong, who lost his best friend, Atharva Shelke, after the Yamaha FZ-X motorcycle the 23-year-olds were riding to Panvel plunged into the creek at Dhruvatara jetty on the morning of September 27, revealed that online maps had displayed a wrong route, and it was impossible to change course once they realised this.

Jong, an Airoli resident working with ProTechmanize Solutions Pvt Ltd at Wagle Estate in Thane, recalled that midway through the ride, he and Atharva had a small exchange. “I was riding the bike, but Atharva said he wanted to take over. He told me, ‘I want to reach my sister’s home in Panvel quickly. Let me ride now’,” Jong said. Minutes later, disaster struck, allegedly due to directions by online maps.