The Kasarvadavali police failed to recover the body of Rakesh Patil, the son of a Shiv Sena corporator from Shanti Nagar in Thane, on the second day of search in Vashi creek on Friday.
“We searched for the body the whole day before calling off the operation. We took the help of local fishermen, the fire brigade and disaster management officials, but the body was not found. The body might have got washed away,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone I, Thane, Subhash Burse, said.
Rakesh, son of corporator Manik Patil, went missing from his house in Vijay Nagar in Wagle Estate along with 3.5 kg of gold on September 20. The same day, Mr. Manik Patil registered a missing person’s complaint with the Kasarvadavali police. On September 24, the police found the victim’s two-wheeler in the possession of Gaurav Singh, the driver of Rakesh’s stepbrother Sachin.
Mr. Singh said Rakesh and…
