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3 teens trying to swim missing off Mumbai’s Juhu beach

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3 teens trying to swim missing off Mumbai’s Juhu beach
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3 teens trying to swim missing off Mumbai’s Juhu beach The bodies of three youngster who went for a swim in the Juhu beach, have been recovered, here on Friday. Seven youngsters, all residents of DN Nagar in Andheri, had gone to Juhu beach. Five of them decided to go for a swim, the police said. “Four of them got pulled in by the high tide around 5.30pm,” said an official from Juhu police station. The four have been identified as Fardeen Saudagar, Sohail Khan, Faisal Shaikh and Nazir Gazi. All of them are 17 year old, police confirmed. The fifth youngster, Wasim Khan who is 22 was rescued by lifeguards. Search and rescue operations continued till night and restarted on Friday morning, when two more bodies were recovered. A naval diving team has also been looking for bodies since 5.30am. “The sea condition is very challenging for diving ops due to strong currents and waves. The divers are using grapnels to avoid being swept away by strong currents,” a defence press release said. “I told my son to stay near our house as the weather was getting bad and it had been raining. I had no idea he would go to the beach,” said Feroze Saudagar, Fardeen’s father. -PTC News-
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