MUMBAI: Three youngsters aged 16-17, had been feared drowned off Juhu seaside as an evening outing went fallacious on Thursday. A fourth, Nazeer Ghanchi, was declared lifeless after being washed ashore 5 hours after the incident.
Seven pals, all from the Gilbert Hill precinct in Andheri (west), had long past to the seafront to have fun the birthday of Fardeen Saudagar. While three had been rescued quickly, Fardeen, Sohail Khan and Faisal Shaikh had been missing until overdue within the evening.
The youths, six of whom had finished Class X tests and had been taking a look forward to university, arrived at the Godrej Bungalow portion of Juhu Beach around 3pm without informing their families. It was high tide and four of them determined to go deep within the water.
Around 4.30pm the 4 had been preserving palms and wading in when they had been all at once swept up by the strong present. One of the onlookers from the gang, Wasim Khan, jumped into the water in an try to save them. "But within moments the waves pulled them in," Wasim said. "I, too, lost my balance. I was deep in the water and struggling to breathe when the firemen threw a rescue float and hauled me out."
Wasim's cousin, Sohail, had long past to check his identify within the FYJC admission list within the morning and was in a happy mood, said his relations. Back house in Gilbert Hill, neighbours huddled around their mothers. The staff brought a large pile of date seeds and started to pray the Surah YaSin over them for Sohail's secure return.
Relatives rushed to the beachfront. One of them said a rescue boat was parked at the highway near the seaside and on their insistence firemen brought it into the sea for the quest, however it failed to start. Divers had been on the lookout for the men and the army introduced its assist.
The operation was proceeding when at nine.30pm, somebody informed the police that one of the most youngsters had washed ashore a kilometre away. The police and firemen went over to search out the boy alive. They rushed him to a close-by hospital. "We started the operations, and put up a 2.5km search bar on both sides of the drowning location," Prashant Parulekar, a fire officer, said. "We have sought the navy's help as well. But at night it is difficult to find them."
Meher Haider, local corporator of Ward 66, which oversees Gilbert Hill, said: "It smacks of the BMC's negligence that they were unable to provide proper rescue equipment at the beach. The rescue boat parked near the spot failed to start. This is the most dangerous portion of the seashore. During high tide and heavy rain they should close access to avoid such incidents."
As they won word of the drowning at Juhu, the army pressed a Seaking 42 C helicopter with divers into action. They performed the quest and rescue operation within the house the place 4 out of the 5 boys had been believed to have drowned. The seek will proceed on Friday morning. The coast guard helicopter might be deployed by dawn on Friday.
The males, together with the fathers and brothers of the youths, stored a vigil at the beachfront whilst the ladies prayed in teams. The outdated grandmother of Nazeer was no longer informed that he was missing since she is a center affected person.
The grandmother and aunt of one of the most rescued youths, Avesh, a former scholar of MA High School, had been relieved and said they might forbid him from going near the waterfront in long term.
Seven pals, all from the Gilbert Hill precinct in Andheri (west), had long past to the seafront to have fun the birthday of Fardeen Saudagar. While three had been rescued quickly, Fardeen, Sohail Khan and Faisal Shaikh had been missing until overdue within the evening.
The youths, six of whom had finished Class X tests and had been taking a look forward to university, arrived at the Godrej Bungalow portion of Juhu Beach around 3pm without informing their families. It was high tide and four of them determined to go deep within the water.
Around 4.30pm the 4 had been preserving palms and wading in when they had been all at once swept up by the strong present. One of the onlookers from the gang, Wasim Khan, jumped into the water in an try to save them. "But within moments the waves pulled them in," Wasim said. "I, too, lost my balance. I was deep in the water and struggling to breathe when the firemen threw a rescue float and hauled me out."
Wasim's cousin, Sohail, had long past to check his identify within the FYJC admission list within the morning and was in a happy mood, said his relations. Back house in Gilbert Hill, neighbours huddled around their mothers. The staff brought a large pile of date seeds and started to pray the Surah YaSin over them for Sohail's secure return.
Relatives rushed to the beachfront. One of them said a rescue boat was parked at the highway near the seaside and on their insistence firemen brought it into the sea for the quest, however it failed to start. Divers had been on the lookout for the men and the army introduced its assist.
The operation was proceeding when at nine.30pm, somebody informed the police that one of the most youngsters had washed ashore a kilometre away. The police and firemen went over to search out the boy alive. They rushed him to a close-by hospital. "We started the operations, and put up a 2.5km search bar on both sides of the drowning location," Prashant Parulekar, a fire officer, said. "We have sought the navy's help as well. But at night it is difficult to find them."
Meher Haider, local corporator of Ward 66, which oversees Gilbert Hill, said: "It smacks of the BMC's negligence that they were unable to provide proper rescue equipment at the beach. The rescue boat parked near the spot failed to start. This is the most dangerous portion of the seashore. During high tide and heavy rain they should close access to avoid such incidents."
As they won word of the drowning at Juhu, the army pressed a Seaking 42 C helicopter with divers into action. They performed the quest and rescue operation within the house the place 4 out of the 5 boys had been believed to have drowned. The seek will proceed on Friday morning. The coast guard helicopter might be deployed by dawn on Friday.
The males, together with the fathers and brothers of the youths, stored a vigil at the beachfront whilst the ladies prayed in teams. The outdated grandmother of Nazeer was no longer informed that he was missing since she is a center affected person.
The grandmother and aunt of one of the most rescued youths, Avesh, a former scholar of MA High School, had been relieved and said they might forbid him from going near the waterfront in long term.
Teen drowns, 3 friends missing off Juhu beach
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