NEW DELHI, 22 May, 2021, (TON): The Indian Navy and Coast Guard officials on Friday, May 21, recovered two more bodies from Arabian Sea days after a powerful cyclone sank a barge P305 off the country's west coast. 

A total of 51 bodies have been recovered from the Arabian Sea since a barge sank after being hit by a cyclone earlier this week, the Indian Navy said on Friday. 

According to Indian Navy officials 24 people were still missing and 188 survivors have been rescued so far.   

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against the captain of barge P-305 and some other persons after it sank in the Arabian Sea during cyclone Tauktae. 

On Monday, the barge P305 was hit by Cyclone Tauktae and sank 35 nautical miles off the coast of the commercial capital Mumbai. 

The Indian military is continuing search and rescue operations, after a deadly cyclone left scores missing and stranded at sea. 

“Indian Navy is coordinating search and rescue operation with ships and aircraft for the remaining (missing) crews,” the Indian Navy statement said. 

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Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to barrel into the west coast in two decades, has so far killed at least 51 others after wreaking havoc in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala