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Unidentified man's body recovered from Retibunder Creek in Kalwa

Emergency response teams retrieved the body from the water near Kharegaon Bridge on Monday afternoon.

The body of an unidentified man was recovered from Retibunder Creek near the Kharegaon Bridge in Kalwa, Thane West, on Monday afternoon, according to the Free Press Journal.

Passersby spotted the body floating in the creek and alerted local authorities at approximately 12.21 pm on November 2, 2026.

Personnel from the Thane Fire Brigade and the Thane Disaster Response Force (TDRF) arrived at the scene with rescue and utility vehicles to conduct a joint extraction operation.

Officers and staff from the Narpoli Police Station also attended the scene with a hearse to oversee the recovery process.

The body was handed over to the Narpoli police and has been sent to Indira Gandhi Hospital in Bhiwandi for a post-mortem examination.

The examination aims to determine the cause of death and establish the identity of the man, while the Narpoli police continue their investigation.

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