The dead and injured were taken to the neighbouring Cooper Hospital. The bodies of the deceased will be handed over to relatives after the post-mortem.
The identity of those who started the tsunami rumour is still not known.
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has warned stern action against the rumour-mongers.
"They were drunk people. No one knows who they are. It was pitch black and there was no electricity. Nobody saw them," says a resident.
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