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Last updated: Jun 13, 2023 at 11:21 am IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n According to a civil official, the bodies of 16-year-old Dharmesh Valji Phogya and 15-year-old Shubham Yogesh Bhuniya have been found (PTI File Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Rescuers have found the bodies of two of the four boys who went missing at sea off Mumbai’s Juhu Koliwada, an official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n According to a civilian official, the bodies of 16-year-old Dharmesh Valji Phogya and 15-year-old Shubham Yogesh Bugnia were recovered.<\/p>\n The two were part of a group of five friends, aged 12 to 16, who ventured out to sea, about half a kilometer from shore, around 5:30pm on Monday, but were unable to return.<\/p>\n While one was saved, it was feared that the others drowned.<\/p>\n An official said two of the four missing boys were found on Tuesday. They were sent to the government-run Cooper Hospital where doctors pronounced them dead.<\/p>\n The fire department suspended search operations due to darkness and bad weather around 11 p.m. Monday. Prior to this, a Navy helicopter was pressed into service at 8.20pm.<\/p>\n Authorities have already warned people and fishermen not to venture into the sea due to rough conditions ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall on the Gujarat coast on June 15.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
The two were part of a group of five friends, aged between 12 and 16, who ventured out to sea, about half a kilometer from shore, around 5.30pm on Monday but were unable to return.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n