Five people were feared drowned in two separate incidents in the district, an official said on Monday.
Two people, a seven-year-old boy and a 29-year-old man, were feared to have been swept away in a creek on Ghodbunder Road on Sunday, Santosh Kadam, head of the regional disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, said.
Swim gone wrong
In the second incident, three people, who had gone for a swim on Sunday in Bhatsa river at Ozarli village, were feared drowned, he said. The three people, all residents of Wagle Estate, were in their early 30s, he said.
A search was under way for all five people in the two water bodies, the civic official added.
