Five members of a family on Sunday drowned in the sea off the coast of Ratnagiri, 330 kilometres from here, police said. An official said that seven family members, residents of suburban Borivali in Mumbai, were on their way to Ganpatipule in Ratnagiri when they decided to make a stopover at Arey Ware beach. The beach is about 15 kilometres from Ganpatipule. “They went for a swim in the creek at around 5pm and got caught in a whirlpool caused by the water from the sea rapidly entering the creek,” he said. While locals managed to save two of them, the others drowned, he added. The police identified those who drowned as Keneth Masters(56), Monika D’souza(44), Sanomi D’souza(22), Ranchor D’souza(19) and Mathew D’souza(18). Rita D’souza (70) and Lina Keneth Masters (52) were the two family members who were saved by the locals, he said. “All the bodies have been retrieved. The two survivors are being taken care of by the police,” said Pranaya Ashok, Superintendent of Police, Ratnagiri.<doc-sep>Mumbai: Five members of a family today drowned in the sea off the coast of Ratnagiri, 330 kilometres from here, police said. An official said that seven family members, residents of suburban Borivali in Mumbai, were on their way to Ganpatipule in Ratnagiri when they decided to make a topover at Arey Ware beach, the beach is about 15 kilometres from Ganpatipule. "They went for a swim in the creek at around 5pm and got caught in a whirlpool caused by the water from the sea rapidly entering the creek," he said. While locals managed to save two of them, the others drowned, he added. The police identified those who drowned as Keneth Masters(56), Monika D'souza(44), Sanomi D'souza(22), Ranchor D'souza(19) and Mathew D'souza(18). Rita D'souza (70) and Lina Keneth Masters (52) were the two family members who were saved by the locals, he said. "All the bodies have been retrieved. The two survivors are being taken care of by the police," said Pranaya Ashok, Superintendent of Police, Ratnagiri.<doc-sep>Borivali Ratnagiri Ganpatipule Kenneth Timothy Lina Kenneth Five members of a family fromreportedly drowned, while one was rescued at a beach indistrict on Sunday evening after they ventured into the sea despite warnings by locals.The incident took place around 5 pm at Are Ware beach.According to Ratnagiri Police, the D'Souzas, residents of IC Colony in Borivali (West) were on their way to, when they decided to take a break at Are Ware beach. As they prepared to jump into the water, the locals stopped them and informed them about the choppy sea and strong currents due to the confluence of local river and the sea nearby. The family, however, decided to go ahead anyway, said cops.The victims have been identified asMasters, 56, Monika Bento D'Souza, 44, Sanomi Bento D'Souza, 22, Rancher Bento D'Souza, 19, and Mathew Bento D'Souza, 18.The locals managed to saveMasters, 52.The whole tragedy unfortunately unfolded in front of Rita D'Souza, 70, who was waiting for her family in the car.<doc-sep>The group ventured into the treacherous sea even when it was cloudy with heavy thundering. (ANI/Twitter) Key Highlights All the deceased were from Mumbai's Borivili locality The group had gone to Konkan two days ago and was at the rocky Aare-Ware beach on Sunday RATNAGIRI: Five people of a group holidaying in Ratnagiri drowned off a beach on Sunday. All the five deceased, including 4 from a family, belonged to the Borivali’s IC colony. A total of seven people, were on the beach, of them two did not venture into the sea, said officials. The group had gone to Konkan two days ago and was at the rocky Aare-Ware beach on Sunday evening. The deceased have been identified as Kenneth Masters (56), Monica Bento D’souza (44), Sanomi Bento D’souza (22), Rechar Bento D’souza (19) and Mathew Bento D’souza (18). The two survivors have been identified as Leena Kenneth Masters (52) and Rita D’souza (70). The D’souza’s and the Masters were family friends. The group had gone to Devrukh in Ratnagiri and made a halt at Aare-Ware beach on their way to Ganpatipule on Sunday. According to the local police, the group ventured into the treacherous sea even when it was cloudy with heavy thundering. The entire area has witnessed spells of rains since Saturday. Police said that the five were trapped in a whirlpool that was formed at the intersection of the sea and creek along the beach. The abnormal phenomenon even forced the rescue teams deployed here to stay away from venturing in to the sea for some time. Finally the bodies were washed ashore by the water current. Superintendent of police Pranaya Ashok said, “The family had a trip to the beach. They had gone for swimming around 5pm, Sunday. At the intersection of the creek and sea along the beach a whirlpool was formed and they were trapped in it. The sea was treacherous with wind and high tide and it was also thundering.” On the rescue operation, Pranaya Ashok said, “Locals, police and other rescue team including boats were deployed. It was not advisable for rescuers to venture into the danger zone to start the rescue operation.” The Ratnagiri district civil surgeon Dr P Deokar said, “The bodies have reached the civil hospital for postmortem. The police is doing the panchnama. We found no injuries on their bodies.” Dr P Deokar added, “The relatives of the victims have told us that the family was planning to construct a house on a land purchased in Devrukh, Ratnagiri. They were going to Ganpatipule and stopped at Aare Ware beach. The locals advised them not to venture into the sea but they ignored the warning. Others, including their driver, and two women have been given accommodation here.” Meanwhile, the quiet neighbourhood of IC Colony in Borivli West was jolted by the news of the five deaths. The priests of the IC Church, local residents and shopkeepers quickly put out a word on the WhatsApp groups of the locality seeking details and asking people to pray for the departed souls. Naresh Gadve lives in the same Silver Stone building as Master Kenneth who died on Sunday. "Our society secretary received a call from Kenneth's wife Leena informing her about the tragedy. Apparently the youngsters went into the water first. Then they suddenly lost their footing, and Kenneth went to save them. Sadly, he lost his life in the process." Gadve knows the family since 14 years when he moved in to Silver Stone. He said, "The couple had no children. The youngsters who died were like their relatives." The D’Souza family was staying on rent at Megha building's A-wing in IC colony.<doc-sep>
(Inputs by Bella Jaisinghani) MUMBAI: Four members of the D’Souza family and a friend from Borivli ’s IC colony drowned off a beach in Ratnagiri on Sunday.The deceased have been identified as Kenneth Masters (56) and the D’Souzas: Monica (44), Sanomi (22), Rechar (19) and Mathew (18). Kenneth’s wife Leena (52) and Rita D’Souza (70), who were part of the group, did not venture into the sea, said officials.The D’Souzas and the Masters are family friends. The group had gone to Devrukh in Ratnagiri and made a halt at Aare-Ware beach on their way to Ganpatipule on Sunday.Local police said the deceased ventured into the sea amid a thunderstorm despite warnings. The entire area was also power-less since Saturday.Police said the five were trapped in a whirlpool at the intersection of the sea and creek along the beach. The abnormal phenomenon stalled the rescue teams for some time. The five bodies were finally washed ashore by water currents.Ratnagiri superintendent of police Pranaya Ashok said, “The family had made a trip to the beach. They had gone swimming around 5pm. A whirlpool had formed at the intersection of the creek and the sea along the beach and they were trapped in it. The sea was treacherous with gusty winds and high tide and it was also thundering.”It was not advisable for rescuers to venture in, Ashok added.Ratnagiri district civil surgeon Dr P Deokar said, “The bodies have reached the civil hospital for postmortem. We found no injuries on their bodies.” Dr Deokar added, “Relatives of the victims told us that they were planning to construct a house on land purchased in Devrukh, Ratnagiri. They were going to Ganpatipule and stopped at Aare-Ware beach. The locals advised them not to venture into the sea but they ignored their warning.”Meanwhile, the quiet neighbourhood of IC Colony in Borivli west was jolted by the news of the tragedy. The priests of IC Church, local residents and shopkeepers quickly put out word on WhatsApp groups of the locality, seeking details and asking people to pray for the departed souls.Naresh Gadve lives in the same Silver Stone building as the Masters and has known them for 14 years. “Our society secretary received a call from Kenneth’s wife Leena informing her about the tragedy. Apparently the youngsters went into the water first. Then they suddenly lost their footing, and Kenneth went in to save them. Sadly, he lost his life in the process.” The couple had no children, he added.Neighbours said that Kenneth had retired from work six months ago. The D’souza family had moved from Megha building from Eksar village in Borivli to IC Colony three months ago after Monica’s husband Bento D’souza passed away three months ago due to cancer.Rita D’souza will bring the bodies back on Monday. Some relatives are expected to come from Australia, said neighbours.