Man found dead at creek in Maharashtra's Thane, police launch probe

Police personnel from Kasarvadavali Police Station were present at the scene with a hearse vehicle. Pic/RDMC

A dead body of an unidentified man, believed to be around 35 to 40 years old, was found in Nagla Bandar Creek in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, officials said.

The incident was reported to the authorities at around 12:31 pm.

The body was found in the Nagla Bandar Creek area near Nagla Bandar, Bhayandarpada, along Ghodbunder Road in Thane West, Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) said.

Following the alert, personnel from the Disaster Management Cell reached the location with a pickup vehicle. Fire brigade personnel also arrived with a rescue vehicle.

Police personnel from Kasarvadavali Police Station were present at the scene with a hearse vehicle.

Body recovered from water

With the assistance of the Disaster Management Cell staff and fire brigade personnel, the body was safely removed from the creek.

After the recovery, the body was handed over to the Kasarvadavali police for further investigation and necessary legal procedures.

Further probe underway

The deceased was taken to the District Government Hospital in Thane for further procedures.

The identity of the deceased has not yet been established.

The Thane Police are expected to carry out further investigation to determine the man's identity and the circumstances surrounding his death, officials said.

Three die after misjudging water depth while swimming in Thane

Meanwhile, in an another incident, last week, three men drowned in a creek near Ganesh Visarjan Ghat along the Mumbai-Nashik Highway at Retibunder in Thane West on Sunday afternoon.

The three men had entered the creek to swim but drowned after misjudging the water depth.

Personnel from the Kalwa and Narpoli police stations, along with the fire brigade, RDMC and Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF), rushed to the spot. The deployment included a fire vehicle, a rescue vehicle, a utility vehicle, two ambulances, two boats and a TDRF bus.

At 4.20 pm, TDRF personnel recovered the bodies of all three men from the water and handed them over to the Kalwa Police.

They were subsequently taken by ambulance to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa, where medical officers declared them dead.

The deceased have been identified as Alam Sayyed and Rizwan Sayyed, both aged 42, and 30-year-old Sahil Polandas. All three were residents of Thakurpada in Mumbra.