Dancer in Riteish Deshmukh's film drowns in river in Satara; body found after 2 days
The search-and-rescue operation was stopped on Tuesday night and resumed on Wednesday morning and went on for the entire day, but the dancer could not be traced
A 26-year-old dancer, who was part of the choreography team of actor-director Riteish Deshmukh's movie Raja Shivaji, drowned in the Krishna river in Maharashtra's Satara district just after finishing the shooting of a song, police said on Thursday (April 24).
The deceased dancer was identified as Saurabh Sharma, whose body was found on Thursday morning, two days after he went missing, an official said.
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The incident occurred on Tuesday evening (April 22) at Sangam Mahuli, a village located at the confluence of the rivers Krishna and Venna in Satara district, around 250 km from Mumbai, where the shooting of Raja Shivaji was going on, he said.
Swept away by strong currents
After finishing the shooting of a song in which colours were thrown around, Sharma went to wash his hands in the Krishna river. After washing his hands, he entered deep into the river for a swim, but got swept away by strong water currents, said the official.
Police and the district administration were alerted about the missing dancer, following which disaster response and rescue teams, including members from local private organisations, rushed to the spot and launched a search operation.
The search-and-rescue operation was stopped on Tuesday night due to darkness and it resumed on Wednesday morning and went on for the entire day, but the dancer could not be traced, said the official.
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Sharma's body was finally recovered from the river by police and rescue teams on Thursday at around 7.30 am, he said.
An accidental death case has been registered with the Satara police and further probe was underway, the official added.
Raja Shivaji, a bilingual Marathi and Hindi film based on the life of legendary Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, is being directed by actor Riteish Deshmukh, who is also playing the lead role in the movie.
(With agency inputs)
