Maharashtra: Two teenaged boy drown in Surya river in Palghar

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Two teenaged boys drowned in Surya river in Palghar district on Saturday, police official said, reported news agency PTI.

Somesh Shinde and Karan Nayak, both 18, had gone for a swim in the Surya river in Palghar's Borsehti, the Boisar police station official said, reported PTI.

"The incident took place at 3:30pm. The body was recovered by police personnel and local fisherfolk at 6:50 pm. An accidental death case has been registered," he added, reported PTI.

Meanwhile, the body of a 45-year-old fisherman from a village in Maharashtra's coastal Palghar district, who died in Karachi jail in Pakistan, is likely to be brought back home in the next couple of days, an activist said, reported PTI.

The fisherman, Vinod Laxman Koal from Goratpada village in Dahanu taluka of the district, was caught by the Pakistan agencies for entering the waters of the neighbouring country in October 2022. He was then lodged in a jail in Karachi, where he suffered a paralysis attack on March 8 this year and died during treatment on March 17, said Jatin Desai, a representative of the social organisation working for Indian prisoners jailed in Pakistan, reported PTI.

Other Indian prisoners in the jail managed to convey the message about his death to Koal's family members, who took up the matter with the local MLA, who then raised the issue with the government, he said, reported PTI.

A family member of the deceased fisherman said the family has been waiting for his body.
Desai said Koal's mortal remains are likely to reach Dahanu within a couple of days by following all the protocols, reported PTI.

The body will be brought from Pakistan to Dahanu via Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Pune and Mumbai, he said, reported PTI.

According to Desai, a total of 35 fishermen hailing from Maharashtra and Gujarat languishing in Pakistani jails, including five from Dahanu, will be released soon and sent back home.

(With inputs from PTI)