Cyclone Tauktae: 8 Bodies Of Suspected Barge P305 Victims Found

Cyclone Tauktae: Out of the eight bodies found on Saturday, five were washed ashore in Mandwa, two in Alibaug and another one in Murud, the senior official from Raigad police said.

Eight unidentified bodies were found at three different locations along the coast in Maharashtra's Raigad district and the police suspect they could be of some of the victims of barge P305 that sank off the Mumbai coast in cyclone Tauktae, a police official said on Sunday. Out of the eight bodies found on Saturday, five were washed ashore in Mandwa, two in Alibaug and another one in Murud, the senior official from Raigad police said. "The bodies are yet to be identified," he said. Local administration and senior officials of the state police have been informed about the bodies, he added.