Thane: Body of man who fell into swollen drain found after six days

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The body of a 37-year-old man who fell into a flooded drain in Maharashtra's Thane district has been found after six days, an official told news agency PTI on Wednesday.

The man, identified as Ramesh Teki, from Mahatma Phule Nagar, along with his friends went to the swollen drain at Kharigaon near Kalwa for fishing on July 27, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTI.

He then accidentally fell into the water body and got swept away, the official told PTI.

Local firemen and disaster management cell personnel carried out a search for three days, but the victim was not traced.

At around 2 pm on Tuesday, a highly decomposed body was found in the drain connecting to Kalwa creek and sent for postmortem, the official told PTI.

The deceased was identified during the autopsy, he added.

Earlier, a 19-year-old man was feared drowned in a dam in Maharashtra's Thane city, civic officials told PTI.
The man went to the small dam, located in Ovla area, at around 6.30 pm on July 26 with his friends.

While his friends ventured into the reservoir for a swim, he stayed out but he slipped and fell into water, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTI.

After being alerted, local firemen and the disaster management cell team rushed to the spot and searched for the man, but he was not traced, the official said.

The search operation was called off for the day late Wednesday night and resumed on Thursday morning, the official told PTI.

The police were conducting a probe into the incident and trying to find out how the man fell into the water.

(With inputs from PTI)