A 25-year-old man jumped off the Bandra Worli sea link on Friday. His body was recovered from the sea off Bandra bandstand after an eight-hour search and rescue operation by the Indian Navy divers, fire brigade and Mumbai Police. The Coast Guard, too, deployed its helicopter for the purpose. The deceased was later identified as Parth Somani, who hailed from Kutch in Gujarat. CCTV footage showed Somani alighting from a taxi at pole number 52 around 1.15 pm and jumping into the sea.

The incident "was recorded in the CCTV which helped the police identify the exact spot," said senior inspector Sukhlal Varpe of Worli police station. A passer-by who witnessed the incident immediately alerted the police after which they reached the spot along with the fire brigade. Indian Navy divers and Coast Guard helicopters joined the rescue operations later and the body was recovered after eight hours. A rough sea delayed the search, officials said.