Ganesh idol immersion: Another body recovered from Mumbai sea; toll increased to three

The bodies of two other youths were recovered on Monday.

The body of a 21-year-old man, who was washed away along with two others in the Arabian Sea at Versova jetty in Mumbai, was recovered on Tuesday morning, more than 32 hours after the incident, while immersing idols of Lord Ganesha, civic officials said. officials said.

The body of Vijay Patil was recovered from the sea in Versova, they said.

According to officials, doctors at Cooper Hospital in Juhu declared Patil “brought dead”.

The bodies of two other youths who were washed away in the sea along with Patil were recovered on Monday.

An official had said that their ages were 18 years and 20 years respectively.

At around 9 pm on Sunday night, a total of five youths had descended into the sea for idol immersion at Versova Ghat. Two of them were rescued by the locals, while three others were washed away.

Idols of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Gauri were immersed in various water bodies in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra on Sunday, the last day of the ten-day Ganpati festival.

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