India News | Maha: Unidentified Decomposed Body Found in Water Tank in Thane
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A highly decomposed body of a man was found in a water tank in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday, police said.
Thane, Jan 16 (PTI) A highly decomposed body of a man was found in a water tank in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday, police said.
The body was found floating in a water tank in the Wagle Estate locality around 2.45 pm, said Avinash Sawant, the chief of the regional disaster management cell.
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Local firemen and the RDMC team were dispatched to the scene and the body was fished out and sent for post-mortem, he said.
A dog accidentally fell into the tank and a group of boys spotted the man's body floating on surface when they rushed to rescue the canine, senior inspector Jitendra Rathod of Wagle Estate police station said.
A case of accidental death has been registered and further probe is underway, he added.
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