Mumbai, May 23
Ten unidentified bodies were found at three different locations along the coast in Maharashtra's Raigad district and Gujarat's Valsad, police said.
Police suspect they could be
Highlights
Six bodies believed to be off victims of the tugboat that sank at the Arabian Sea due to Cyclone Tauktae was found in Gujarat.
Valsad Superintendent of Police said one was identified as that of the captain of tugboat ”Varaprada”.
New Delhi: The local authorities in Gujarat s Valsad found six bodies believd to have been drowned in the tugboat tragedy at the Arabian Sea. Among them were the bodies of tugboat (Varaprada) captain identified as Nagendra Kumar while five other bodies were also been fished out but their identities are yet to be ascertained.
Since Saturday evening, bodies were recovered from two different places in south Gujarat, Valsad Superintendent of Police Rajdeepsinh Jhala said.
Two more bodies were found on the shore of Gujarat s Valsad district on Sunday and they are suspected to be of the missing victims of the barge P305 and a tugboat that sank in the Arabian Sea during Cyclone Tauktae, a police official said. With this, six bodies have so far been recovered from two places here in south Gujarat since Saturday evening, Valsad Superintendent of Police Rajdeepsinh Jhala said. On Saturday, four bodies were washed ashore- three on the Tithal beach and one on a beach in Dungri village here. Two more bodies were found at the Tithal beach on Sunday morning. The police have recovered their identity cards and some documents and further investigation is underway, the official said.
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