Mumbai Police on Thursday said that it had sent teams to the hometown of the crew members who died in the Barge P305 drowning occurrence caused due to Cyclone Tauktae. This was done to collect DNA samples of either the parents or the children to determine bodies recovered from the sea.
The Indian Coast Guard and Navy recovered 71 bodies from the sea which were kept for recognition at the JJ Hospital mortuary. Of these, 68 were identified and handed over to the respective family members. However, according to the Mumbai Police, the bodies of eight crew members are still missing.
Raigad Police, on the other hand, handed over eight bodies that are also kept at the JJ Hospital mortuary, awaiting identification.
Shortly, teams will be sent to Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal to collect samples of the crew member’s relatives to facilitate the identification process. Whilst the relatives of the missing crew members did come to Mumbai earlier, since they were distant relatives, the samples did not match. Mumbai police will therefore be visiting the houses of the deceased crew members to collect samples of children or parents.
Mumbai Police arrested three individuals of the Pappa Management in regards to the Barge P 305 drowning incident that transpired in May during Cyclone Tauktae.
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