
Tanzanian national goes missing in Kochi backwaters
The 22-year-old came to Kochi to take a flight back to his country.
The Navy, police, Coastal Police and Fire and Rescue Services have launched a search.
The Navy said in a release that he fell off accidentally into the Ernakulam channel at 5.30 p.m. Navy diving teams have been deployed to trace him.

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