Santacruz collegian’s body found 2km from Navi Mumbai waterfall

Navi Mumbai: Two days after he went missing at Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar while on a picnic, the body of a Santacruz collegian was retrieved from a downstream channel around 2km away on Monday.“The body was retrieved in the morning and was handed over to local police,” a Kharghar fire brigade personnel said.Kharghar police took the body of Shannon Kini (19) for a postmortem examination and later handed it over to the family. “The body was found floating around 2km away from the spot after being swept away in the heavy water currents. His family members were not in a condition to provide more details,” said a police constable.

An accidental death report has been filed.Kini had sneaked into the waterfall, along with a friend, flouting a prohibitory order restricting the entry of visitors during the monsoon. The two are suspected to have taken a much risky trek path in an attempt to reach deep into the area. Kini is assumed to have slipped from a few feet up and fallen into the gushing waters.Meanwhile, a search was still on for a 20-year-old Taloja man, Mohammed Mobshir Mohammed Shahid, who had gone missing around the same spot on Friday.