16-Year-Old Boy Dies During Ganesh Idol Immersion At Mumbai's Juhu Beach
Mumbai: Amid the beating of drums and chants of 'Ganpati Bappa Morya', various Ganesh mandals in Mumbai on Thursday started processions to immerse the idols of the deity, marking the culmination of the 10-day festival. By 6 pm, a total of 7,950 idols had been immersed, comprising 7,513 household ones, 329 'sarvajanik' or public idols and 108 of goddess Gauri, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. He said a 16-year-old boy identified as Hasan Yusuf Shaikh was rescued from the sea at Juhu by lifeguards amid the immersions and rushed to nearby Cooper Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.There was no report of any other untoward incident during the immersions across the metropolis till evening, the BMC official added.As per civic data, 2,199 of 7,950 idols were immersed in artificial ponds set up by the civic body. Since early in the day, huge crowds gathered at various places in the city to catch a glimpse of their favourite deity, as decked u