Indian man drowns in Dubai Creek while fishing with friends

Dubai - Salam is survived by his wife and two children, who are all in Kollam, a city in Kerala, India.

An Indian man drowned in the Dubai Creek on Wednesday (May 1), the Dubai Police confirmed.
Identified as Sahad Abdul Salam from Kerala, the man was fishing with his two friends in Jaddaf district - when he suddenly slipped into the creek through 'a water hole', the authorities said.
As soon as the Dubai Police received the information about the man, a team from the port police station rushed to the site. Coast guard divers searched for the man and recovered his lifeless body at around 12:00pm.
His body was then taken to the General Department of Forensic Medicine of the Dubai Police and would be handed over after the completion of legal and administrative procedures.
Salam is survived by his wife and two children, who are all in Kollam, a city in Kerala, India.
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