Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police were immediately rushed to the spot. The rescue operation is underway
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In a tragic incident, two unknown persons drowned at sea near Marine Drive around 2 in the afternoon. Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police were immediately rushed to the spot. The identity of the drowned is still unknown. The divers of the Indian Navy have also reached the spot and rescue operations are underway. More details are awaited.
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— Anuraag Kamble/à¤ÂÂu00c2u0085नà¥ÂÂu00c2u0081राà¤ÂÂu00c2u0097 (@AnuragANK) July 6, 2019
A boy drowns at sea near Marine Drive. Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police and Ambulance at the spot. It's a High tide time@mid_day #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/QwyqCBsDjj
Mumbai: Rescue operation underway by Fire Brigade at Marine Drive where a person has drowned.
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2019
Mumbai: Another person has gone missing in sea at Marine Drive. Rescue operations underway. Navy Divers mobilized https://t.co/S04OZ3v8nI
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2019
Mumbai: Rescue operation underway at Marine Drive for two people who have drowned here. pic.twitter.com/aqGMG03LKb
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2019
Mumbai: Rescue operation underway by Navy helicopter at Marine Drive for 2 people who've drowned here due to high tide. One of the 2 missing people had tried to rescue the another & got carried away in the high tide. Police tried to rescue them by throwing rope but failed pic.twitter.com/twnS5IiDcV
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2019
In a similar incident, a 21-year-old Thane man allegedly drowned on July 1, 2019, in a pond under the waterfall near the Kondeshwar temple in Badlapur. According to police, The deceased identified as Roshan More had gone to Badlapur for a picnic. The heavy downpour which had lashed the city in the first week of July rendered all water bodies in the area dangerous.
"Despite warnings put up around the waterfall, people enter the water. More went for a swim but drowned. His body was recovered by the fire brigade in the evening,” said an officer from Thane Rural Police. "We have registered an accidental death report and are investigating into whether others pressed him to go into the water," the officer added
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