Rajodi beach tragedy: All 4 bodies recovered

The fire brigade recovered the bodies of all the four boys who were swept away by the sea at Rajodi beach

The area of Chedda Nagar, Nallasopara (W) wore a deserted look on Friday morning, after the fire brigade recovered all four bodies of the teenagers who met their end at Rajodi beach on Thursday.

Arnala Coastal police had registered a missing case and a case of accidental death has now been lodged. The bodies have been sent for post mortem.

“All four bodies were recovered from the same spot where they had gone missing in the Arabian Sea,” said inspector K Kolhe of Arnala police station.

The boys have been identified as Sunny Arun Palav (15), Rohan Jadhav (16), Sujit Vishwakarma (16) and Chetan Kalap (16). All were residents of Laxmi Chheda Nagar, Nallasopara (W).

“The boys had come to the beach on Thursday afternoon and went into the sea. It was high tide and they were washed away by the tide after a while,” said Kolhe.

The locals were first to reach the spot and dived into the sea to rescue the remaining three. The survivors, Sachin Ravi Malekar (16), Anikit Uttam Sharma (18) and Nama Vinod Sharma (18), are all residents of the same area.

The bodies were found,within four hours. The residents had positioned themselves on the beach to sight the bodies.

According to Kolhe, none of the boys had informed their parents about the trip to the beach. Sunny Palav the youngest victim had just returned home from school and had lied to his parents about going to study at a friend’s place.

Kolhe said nothing had been found in the postmortem report. “We did not delay handing over the bodies to the boys’ relatives,” he said.