A teenager, who was missing since Thursday afternoon, fell from Naigaon railway bridge into the creek while walking on the railway tracks from Naigaon to Bhayandar, on Friday afternoon. The 19-year-old woman’s relative Sandeep Kharat, who was accompanying her, nosedived into the creek to rescue her but to no avail. Hearing the commotion in the creek, the patrolling staff of Manikpur police station alerted local fishermen who fished Sandeep out but Komal Dhanke could not be traced at the time of going to the press.

Sandeep Kharat, a relative of the missing woman, had jumped in the creek to save her, but was later rescued by fishermen. Pics/Hanif Patel