Doctor's body found in seashore after Mumbai deluge

MUMBAI FLOOD - Rescuers have located and identified the body of renowned gastroenterologist Deepak Amarapurkar, who went missing on Tuesday evening after falling into an open manhole during the Mumbai deluge, officials said on Thursday.

Untraceable since he left for home in his car from Bombay Hospital, Amarapurkar had accidentally fallen into the manhole on a flooded road barely a kilometer from his residence in Prabhadevi.

After the flood waters receded on Wednesday, BMC workers launched a massive search for him inside the manhole and connecting drains but could not locate him.

Much later, his body washed off the Worli seashore and he was identified by his imported wrist-watch. An umbrella was stuck on the manhole cover, officials said.

Amarapurkar, 58, was a senior gastroenterologist working with Bombay Hospital and is survived by his wife and two children.

Late on Tuesday, witnesses said they had seen him walking on the flooded roads after his car stalled and suddenly falling into the open manhole near Senapati Bapat Marg.
READ MORE