Barge P305 incident: Total 61 bodies recovered by Mumbai Police, search ops continue ANI | Updated: May 22, 2021 13:23 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Mumbai Police in a Saturday morning update said 61 bodies have so far been recovered from the Arabian Sea days after the Barge P305 sank off the Mumbai coast during Cyclone Tauktae. Barge P305 incident: A total of 61 bodies recovered by Mumbai police. At least 26 bodies handed over to the relatives of the deceased after post mortem and other formalities from JJ Hospital, Mumbai Police said in a statement.
Police said several bodies were quite decomposed and were difficult to identify. Police arranged for DNA sampling of the relatives to match with the bodies , the statement said.