A team of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel rescued six members on board a tug “Revti” after it capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Worli Seaface in south-Central Mumbai on Monday.
The ICG personnel were continuing their search one missing crew member from the capsized tug.
Rs Revti’ was on way from Mumbai to Tarapur when the mishap took place. There were in all seven members on board the ill-fated vessel.
Acting on a distress call from Rs Revti’ , the authorities diverted the Indian Coast Guard Ship Amartya, a fast patrol vessel on surveillance mission, to undertake search and rescue mission.
“CG ship responded to the distress call and reached position of Tug at 10.54 am and rescued six from the sinking vessel. The recovered crew has been provided with necessary first aid and their condition is presently stable,” an ICG press release said.
“In addition to the surface search by two ships to find one missing crew, two helo sorties by chetak helicopter have been launched to undertake sea-air coordinated search,” the release added.
The authorities identified the rescued sailors as Rashid Quasim Sorathiya (38), Tonoy Chalak (22), both from Midnapur, West Bengal, Ramesh J Keni (55), Dilip Yadav(29), both from Mumbai, Shanu Kumar (19), from Mumbai and Salem Siddiqui
The missing crew member was identified as one Abdul Azeez (53).