Overview
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said firefighters pulled 24-year-old Nihal Nazim Mirza from an open drain in the JVPD Scheme area on V.P. Marg and he was taken to Cooper Hospital in a private ambulance.
- Doctors at Cooper Hospital declared Mirza dead on arrival and the hospital's chief medical officer confirmed the death, according to the BMC.
- Members of the public first noticed the man in the drain and alerted authorities, prompting the Mumbai Fire Brigade response.
- A separate search for a 17-year-old feared drowned off Aksa Beach remains active and the Navy was asked to mobilise a rescue team to assist the civic search operation.
- Police in Thane are investigating a different recent incident in which a 25-year-old died after an airbag deployed inside a parked car and officers have registered an accidental-death case while consulting automobile experts.