Four crew members of tugboat Sonika stranded at sea off Mumbai were rescued by the Indian Navy late last night. A Defence spokesperson informed that Mumbai main police control room received a distress call last night that a tugboat named Sonika, with four men on board, had run aground on rocks in the waters off Raj Bhavan during low tide and had begun to flood. <br/><br/>The site is in the vicinity of the general area where the Shivaji Maharaj statue is planned to be built. A police launch from Mahim reached the site, but could not approach the tugboat due to rocks and shallow waters. <br/><br/>Therefore, Indian Navy was approached for assistance and the joint operations centre was also contacted. Around midnight, a naval Sea-king-C helicopter, with divers onboard, was launched from naval air station INS Shikra. <br/><br/>The helicopter rescued all the four stranded men and were sent for medical check-up. The crew is safe and no injury was reported.