The teen had gone swimming with his friends in Rayladevi Lake at Wagle Estate but went missing around 5.30 pm, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation
Despite a search lasting about one-and-a-half hours, visibility issues due to darkness hampered the efforts to find the boy. Representational pic
An 18-year-old boy went missing after he entered a lake in Thane city on Sunday, triggering a search operation, which was paused after nightfall, an official said.
Sahil Ghorpade was swimming with his friends in the Rayladevi Lake in the Wagle Estate area when he went under the water around 5.30 pm, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation.
"We deployed an underwater telescopic camera and thermal scanners to locate the missing boy. Despite a search lasting about one-and-a-half hours, visibility issues due to darkness hampered our efforts," Tadvi said.
Eyewitnesses said Ghorpade perhaps had not anticipated the sudden changes in water depth of the lake.
"We will resume the operation early tomorrow [Monday] morning," Tadvi added.
This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
