India, Oct. 14 -- A taxi driver jumped into the Kasheli Creek on Monday morning, in a suspected suicide case, said the police. Several authorities launched a joint search operation but failed to trace him by the evening, and will resume the search today.

According to the Thane Disaster Management Cell (TDMC), the driver, a resident of Maitri Park, Kasheli, parked his Wagon R car along the bridge, left his mobile phone in the vehicle, and jumped into the creek. Head of the TDMC, Yasin Tadvi said, "Our disaster control received a call about the incident from a journalist and immediately teams from Narpoli Police Station, the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), Thane Fire Brigade, Bhiwandi Fire Brigade, and the Thane Disaster Response...