Bodies of three flood victims found

Rajkot: Bodies of three persons, who were swept away by the gushing waters following the heavy downpour in different parts of the Jamnagar district, were found on Wednesday.
25-year-old Bharat Kateshiya, a resident of Khodiyar Society in Jamnagar, drowned in the Rangmati-Nagmati river on Monday afternoon while trying to rescue his uncle. Kateshiya’s body was found in a bush near the spot where he had drowned.
The body of an auto-rickshaw driver was found near Vagudadai bridge. Vinod Shekhva, a resident of Bhimkata village in Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar district, was swept away along with his auto-rickshaw when he was trying to cross the overflowing bridge.
On Wednesday, a 14-year-old boy from Kalipat village on Rajkot-Bhavnagar highway drowned while trying to cross the Aji river. The deceased was identified as Dharmesh Lunakiya. His dead body was found a few hours later from the same spot.
Three bodies recovered from sea near Jamnagar coast
Searching for two missing fishermen, the rescuers on Wednesday recovered three bodies from the sea near Jamnagar coast. According to Marine police, rescuers fished out the bodies of Hanif Kakkal (32) and his brother Yunus Kakkal (35), both residents of Bedi village of Jamnagar.
“On Monday morning the siblings went into the sea for fishing and did not return till evening. A search operation was launched, and their bodies were found on Wednesday. During the search operation, swimmer Osman Sumariya found one more unidentified body from the sea,” a police official said.