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Surat: Valsad police on Sunday confirmed that the bodies that had washed ashore are of tugboat Varaprada members and possibly of the barge P-305. After four bodies were found on the coast at Dungri and Tithal on Saturday, three more bodies were found on Sunday morning. Police said that of the seven bodies, four bodies have been identified. “One is of Nagendra Kumar, the captain of the tugboat, and others could be the personnel of the tugboat or the barge,” said Dr Rajdeepsinh Zala, superintendent of Valsad police. The identification was done from the identity cards found on the bodies. “Once the family members reach and identify, this will be confirmed formally,” Zala said. He added that one more body will also be identified by Sunday night. ....
Cyclone Tauktae: 2 more bodies washed ashore Gujarat, Daman coast SECTIONS Last Updated: May 24, 2021, 01:59 PM IST Share Synopsis Out of the two more bodies recovered, one was washed ashore at Magod Dungri in Valsad on Sunday. Before this, six bodies with life jackets were found from different places in the district in the last couple of days, the police said. PTI Two more bodies, suspected to be of victims a barge and a tugboat that sank due to cyclone Tauktae, have been found at the Valsad coast in Gujarat and the neighbouring Union Territory of Daman, police said on Monday. This has taken the total number of such bodies recovered in the past few days to eight. ....