Thane: Police rescue four migrants after 8-hour search in Kasara valley

Pradeep Gupta | TNN | Apr 25, 2020, 11:17 IST

The migrants tried to avoid a checkpost

KALYAN: Police rescued four migrant labourers, stuck in a 1,600-foot deep valley at Kasara ghat after an eight-hour operation on Friday morning.
Narendra Chaudhari, Bhupal Nisar, Rajesh Kaul and Fulvant Ravat had started walking from Bhiwandi to their native place in UP. On seeing a police checkpost, they went down the valley. As it was dark, they got lost in the dense jungle. They then called up the police control room and sought help. Police, with the help of villagers, rescued them.
The four are loaders at an ecommerce firm’s warehouse in Bhiwandi. Due to the nationwide lockdown, many migrant labourers who lost their jobs, are trying to flee to their native places by walking along roads, and most of them prefer Mumbai-Agra highway.
Police said they were walking as they did not have money for transport. When they reached Kasara ghat, to avoid being get caught by police at a checkpost at the Thane-Nashik border, they ventured into the valley to cross over.
Kasara police inspector Dattu Bhoye said, “Around 10pm, a labourer dialled 100, informing police that they were lost.” He added that they then formed a team of policemen and villagers to search for them. Police said as it was dark, they guided the labourers over phone, telling them to send their Google location.
Police said they then used their phone torch lights to reached the spot. Igatpuri police have quarantined them for 14 days at a community hall.