The rescued youths aged 22-25 years were identified as Om Khilari, Parth Kadve and Rushil Vrindavan.
Gajanan Ghadge, Senior Inspector of Panvel Taluka Police Station, said that the rescued youths, aged between 22 and 25 years, were identified as Om Khilari, Parth Kadve and Rushil Vrindavan. They had started their trek at around 8 am. At around 11 am, the police helpline number 112 received a distress call from one of the trekkers, informing officials that they had lost their way while trekking towards Chanderi Fort.
Accordingly, our police team, along with the Wavanje check-post beat marshal, Ritghar village head Deepak Patil, and the rescue team of NGO Sahyadri Pratishthan, launched a search operation by tracking the youth’s mobile location,” Ghadge said. “Upon receiving the information, we contacted the caller and asked him to share his live Google location. NAVI MUMBAI: Three youths from Kamothe who went trekking to Chanderi Fort near Panvel lost their way and got stranded before being rescued by the Panvel Taluka Police on Sunday.