Efforts are on to trace another 12-year-old missing boy.
The bodies of three boys, who drowned in Mumbai's Marve Creek yesterday, were recovered this morning. Two of them were 14 and one was 12, officials said.
Around 9.30 am yesterday, five boys in the age group pf 12-16 years were playing football on the Mumbai seashore, about 500 metres from the water. According to officials, when the ball went into the matter, one of the boys tried to get in and fell into the water. His friends jumped into the sea to save him and started drowning.
Two boys were rescued by the local people, but the other three went missing.
Personnel of the fire brigade, police, Coast Guard and Navy divers had rushed to the spot and launched a search operation. A helicopter was also deployed during the afternoon.
The operation was halted for the night and began this morning. The bodies of the three missing boys were pulled out of the water during the operation, an official said.