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Kolis fish out missing 16-year-old in Powai

Fiza Anwar Khan had been missing since Tuesday afternoon and when Powai police found a dupatta and footwear near the 200-feet deep quarry — which is filled with water — firemen were called in.

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More than 24 hours after firemen and officers of the National Disaster Response Force began search-and rescue operations for the 16-year-old who fell into a quarry in Powai, her body was fished out by local fishermen on Wednesday evening. Fiza Anwar Khan had been missing since Tuesday afternoon and when Powai police found a dupatta and footwear near the 200-feet deep quarry — which is filled with water — firemen were called in.

It is still not clear whether Fiza committed suicide or accidentally fell into the quarry in Rambaug, but her to-be mother-in-law, Parvin Shaikh, said that just before she went missing, she had overheard Khan and her sister talking about a dare concerning jumping into the quarry.

"Fiza had been engaged to my son for three years and they were to be married next year," said Shaikh. "My son lives in Dubai, but they spoke on often and were happy together."

According to BMC's L ward officer Ajitkumar Ambi, the quarry was on private land. "There has not been mining work for a while, and rain water had accumulated so it resembled a lake," Ambi said.

The firemen and an NDRF team started the rescue operation at 4.30 pm on Tuesday and a Navy team joined them on Wednesday afternoon. However fishermen who were helping the officials found the body at 5.17 pm. It was taken to Rajawadi Hospital for post-mortem.

"The primary probe shows that Fiza did not want to get married and had fought with her mother," said senior police inspector of Powai police station, Anil Pophale. "We have registered a case of accidental death. If we find that the woman was driven to end life, we will register the case of abetment to suicide under the Indian Penal Code."

—Inputs by Aadesh Chaudhary

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