Mumbai: Courier drowns trying to save boy at Juhu beach – Times of India

MUMBAI: An employee with a courier company who was on an outing with his two children at Juhu beach on Sunday jumped into water to save a boy and died. The child was rescued by locals. The body of Ashish Dhusar, 38, was found on Monday morning a few kilometres away. He lived in Santacruz.
Police said the 10-year-old was catching crabs about 500m away from where the lifeguard was stationed. Suddenly, he slipped and fell into the water. Dhusar, who was standing nearby with his 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son, immediately jumped in. “Dhusar was a good swimmer, but was struggling to reach the boy. Other locals too got into the water to help him,” said a police officer.
Beware, Aksa and Juhu deadliest beaches in Mumbai
An employee of a courier company drowned while trying to save a child at Juhu beach. The boy was brought out safely, but there was no sign of Ashish Dhusar.
“Dhusar’s kids saw their father for the last time when he asked them to stand on the shore and he jumped into the water,” the officer said.
A search operation was carried out late into the night. On Monday, a group of fishermen from Mora Gaon went over to the mangroves to untie their boats when they spotted the body and informed Juhu police.Over the weekend, four separate incidents were reported at the Juhu beach where civic lifeguards managed to rescue nine lives. In one of the incidents, three young men from Andheri-one of them a teenager-entered the water but encountered a strong wave. They tried to swim back to the shore but the strong current pulled them further into the sea. Lifeguards and a local resident brought them out to safety. In another case, three minors from Wadala were caught in a strong current at Juhu beach due to a sudden change in tides. Two lifeguards came to their rescue.
Six popular beaches in the city-Girgaum, Dadar, Juhu, Versova, Aksa and Gorai-are manned by lifeguards from Drishti Lifesaving Pvt Ltd, contracted by the BMC. Aksa, which witnessed 38 incidents this year of people needing assistance, is among the deadliest followed by Juhu.