Maha: Boy swept away in swollen nullah

But the operation was suspended due to darkness and it will continue on Thursday, he said.Thane city and other parts of the district have been witnessing incessant rains over the past few days.

A 16-year-old boy from Diva in Thane city of Maharashtra was swept away in a swollen nullah on Wednesday night, officials said. The boy, identified as Vaseem Sayyed and residing in MS Compound in Khardi village, fell into the water body located near his house and was swept away in the strong current, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane civic body Yasin Tadvi said.

The incident occurred around 9 pm, he said. The local police and fire brigade personnel carried out a search for one-and-half hours to trace him. But the operation was suspended due to darkness and it will continue on Thursday, he said.

Thane city and other parts of the district have been witnessing incessant rains over the past few days.