Vikhroli

railway police

Kalwa creek

Parksite

Thane

Navi Mumbai

Three friends of Ganesh Sukhdev Ingole mislead police for four days before they’re overcome by guilt; search on to recover body.An 18-year-oldteenager, who had been caught doing train stunts and counselled by the, died after he rammed into an electric pole along the tracks while performing the dangerous acrobatics on a local train.The body of Ganesh Sukhdev Ingole fell into the, but three of his thrill-seeker friends chose to keep mum for four days before they were overcome by guilt. Thepolice are now searching for Ingole’s body.Residents of Suryanagar in Vikhroli, Ingole and his friends recently cleared their Std XII exams. They would regularly go to Kalwa creek for a swim and would perform extremely dangerous stunts on trains during their journey between Vikhroli and Kalwa, said the police.Around 11am on June 10, the police said, the four friends boarded a train to Kalwa and began swinging from the grab pole on door entrance. “There were a few labourers working on the Kalwa bridge and Ingole stretched himself full to remove the cap from one of the workers,” said an official privy to the case.Before he could recoil, Ingole crashed into an electric pole and plunged into the creek below.His friends got down at the next station, rushed to Kalwa creek, but found nothing. They then returned to Vikhroli and went to their respective homes. Soon, Ingole’s family began looking for him. They asked the three friends who claimed they had no clue about his whereabouts. His mother Chhaya lodged a missing complaint the next day.“The boys told Ingole’s family that he did meet them but later went somewhere. They accompanied his mother to the police station. They even joined the cops for the next three days pretending to help in the search,” said the official.But the remorseful friends could no longer take the guilt after four days. On Thursday, they walked up to the cops and narrated their friend’s grisly end. “All of them had been caught at least twice before doing train stunts. They were let off after counselling and warning. But none of these could change them,” said the official.A team of policemen and firefighters searched the area on Thursday without any success. They have now written to all hospitals inandseeking information about unclaimed bodies.Senior inspector V M Jadhav of Parksite police station said, “Since it’s been more than five days, it is very difficult to trace the body. His friends were scared of getting caught and hence did not tell us anything. We are still trying to locate the body.”