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An Indian origin man slipped and drowned into the Dubai Creek while fishing with his friends, according to a media report on Thursday.

Sahad Abdul Salam was fishing with his friends in Jaddaf district when thr incident took place and he suddenly slipped into the creek through a water hole, according to a local media report.

Originally from Kollam in Kerala, Salam is survived by his wife and two children.

As soon as the police received the information about the incident, a team from the port police station rushed to the site.

Coast guard divers searched for the man and recovered his lifeless body which was then taken to the General Department of Forensic Medicine.

The body would be handed over to the family after the completion of legal and administrative procedures.

-Sangam Sowmya