Mistaking a police team rushing in to nab a wanted criminal for a raid on their gambling activity, two of six gamblers jumped into Tapi River in Surat in a bid to escape but drowned on Tuesday.

Surat: Two people lost their lives after jumping into the Tapi River in Rander when they wrongly assumed in panic that an approaching police team was there to raid their gambling activity.

A bustling port city straddling the banks of River Tapi, Surat packs in a remarkable range of heritage sites, markets, gardens and culinary delights. Beyond the veneer of a booming commercial ...