15 days on, captain of sunken barge P-305 still remains untraced; 188 rescued

Captain of barge P-305, that sank in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae, is still missing even after a fortnight since the tragedy.

Even after a fortnight since the ill-fated barge P-305 sank in the Arabian Sea amid Cyclone Tauktae, its captain remains untraced. Barge P-305 sank off the Mumbai coast on May 16 as the powerful cyclone intensified and passed through the Mumbai coast towards Gujarat. On Tuesday, quoting an unnamed official, news agency PTI reported that Captain Rakesh Ballav of the barge P-305 is missing since his ill-fated boat sank.