In a rare and tragic sight, a dead dolphin was found washed ashore at Rajodi beach in Vasai area of Palghar district in Maharashtra on Wednesday, officials said.

The marine mammal, approximately eight feet long and weighing around 125 kilograms, was spotted by local villagers who had come for a morning walk along the coast.

Officials from the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) reached the spot and, with the help of a JCB machine, buried the carcass by digging a pit on the beach, following standard procedures.