An unidentified woman died by drowning after jumping off the old Kalwa Bridge into the creek on Tuesday evening.
According to the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation, they received a report about a woman jumping into the Kalwa creek. “We dispatched one fire tender, a rescue vehicle, and a pickup to the spot. She was pulled out of the water and rushed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa, where doctors declared her dead on arrival,” an RDMC official said.
Senior Police Inspector Ashok Utekar of Kalwa Police Station confirmed that efforts are underway to identify the woman. “We have circulated her photographs across police stations in Thane and Mumbai. As of now, her identity remains unknown. Our team is also checking missing person reports across various stations,” he said.