Tragedy struck a Nashik family during a Mumbai visit when three members drowned in a ferry accident near Elephanta Caves. Vilas Govind witnessed the heartbreaking scene of identifying the bodies of his daughter, grandson, and son-in-law at the Uran hospital. The family had decided on a spur-of-the-moment ferry trip before their train back home, a decision that turned fatal.
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