The decomposed body of a man was found in a swollen drain in Maharashtra's<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-12-hamlets-cut-off-after-bridge-gets-flooded-due-to-heavy-rains-in-palghar-23234691" rel="nofollow"> Palghar district </a>which has been witnessing heavy rains since the last few days, a fire official said on Thursday.
A police official said they suspect that the deceased, identified as Rahul Vishwakarma, might have slipped into the drain amid the heavy showers and got washed away.
Local firemen got a call around 4 pm on Wednesday from a person who spotted the body in the drain in Madhuban locality of Vasai township, an official from the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation's fire services said.
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The firemen rushed to the spot and fished out the body, which was highly decomposed, and sent it to a government hospital for postmortem, he said.
Vishwakarma worked in a local factory, an official from Valiv police station said, adding that they have registered a case of accidental death.
There was water-logging in many areas following heavy downpour in Vasai and Virar towns here since Wednesday.
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A police official said they suspect that the deceased, identified as Rahul Vishwakarma, might have slipped into the drain amid the heavy showers and got washed away

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