Surat: Valsad police on Sunday confirmed that the bodies that had washed ashore are of tugboat Varaprada members and possibly of the barge P-305.
After four bodies were found on the coast at Dungri and Tithal on Saturday, three more bodies were found on Sunday morning.
Police said that of the seven bodies, four bodies have been identified. “One is of Nagendra Kumar, the captain of the tugboat, and others could be the personnel of the tugboat or the barge,” said Dr Rajdeepsinh Zala, superintendent of Valsad police.
The identification was done from the identity cards found on the bodies. “Once the family members reach and identify, this will be confirmed formally,” Zala said. He added that one more body will also be identified by Sunday night.
Police sent the bodies for post mortem and based on the report police will carry out further investigation. (Photo for representative purpose only)
SURAT: At least five bodies were found on shore of Arabian Sea in Valsad district on Saturday afternoon. The bodies are decomposed and police suspect it to be of the workers on the barge P-305 that sank off Mumbai coast during cyclone Tauktae.
The bodies have started decomposing and its identification could not be done. Police sent the bodies for post mortem and based on the report police will carry out further investigation.
Two bodies were found on the coast near Dungri village while three were found at Tithal beach near Valsad. Locals alerted police about the bodies after which police launched a search in the area to check if other bodies have also washed ashore in Valsad.
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Police recovered 18 vials from the accused duo
Surat: Special operation group (SOG) of Valsad police nabbed two people from Vapi on Thursday for allegedly selling remdesivir injection vials unauthorized. Police recovered 18 vials from the accused who were selling each vial for Rs 12,000.
Police arrested Varun Kundra and Manish Singh, both residents of Nani Daman in Union Territory of Daman and Diu. The accused were booked for cheating under Indian Penal Code along with various sections of Essential Commodities Act, Disaster Management Act and Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Based on specific information, police laid a decoy trap and contacted Kundra, a furniture shop owner in Daman. Kundra offered to sell the injection for Rs 12,000 per vial. The buyer agreed and asked Kundra to deliver the vials after which he was nabbed from near UPL Bridge in Vapi while coming to deliver the 12 vials.