Holi revelry claims seven lives in Mumbai

Mumbai: Twenty-year-old Rajesh Yadav died and his friend of the same age, Rupesh Yadav, is critical, after the two ventured too far into the sea at Aksa in Malad on Monday morning. Both residents of Shivaji Nagar in Borivli had gone to Aksa beach with a few friends to celebrate Holi.

Senior police inspector V R Andhale of Malwani police station said, “Rajesh, Rupesh and their friends played Holi on the beach and then entered the sea for a swim. While their friends came out of the water, Rajesh and Rupesh wandered deep and got stuck”.

He added, “Their friends alerted a few locals who brought the two out of the water. Both were rushed to the hospital where Rajesh was declared dead before admission, while Rupesh is critical.”