9 from Delhi killed in Kerala boat capsize; one missing

Nine Delhiites, including seven woman, were among 37 people killed in a boat capsize in Kerala, officials said on Thursday.

Nine Delhiites, including seven woman, were among 37 people killed in a boat capsize in Kerala, officials said on Thursday.

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Shruti whose parents --Pradeep Kumar Jain and Sandhya Jain-- died in the incident, is missing. Shruti's husband Bala Dut survived in the mishap, they said.

Officials had on Wednesday said that Shruti and Bala Dut had died in the incident.

The other deceased from the national capital include Partha Sharma, Harinder Singh Rawat, Arun Kaur and her daughter, Saliha, Sangeeta Sharma and Alka.

Saliha's husband Amit, who was also onboard the ill-fated boat, did not figure either in the list of dead or that of the survivours.

Out of the 32 deceased identified, nine each are from Tamil Nadu and Delhi, six from Bengal, four from Andhra Pradesh, three from Karnataka and one from Punjab.

Thirty five bodies have so far been recovered after the boat capsized in Thekkady Lake in Kerala's Idukki district officials said, adding, 40 others were rescued.

The boat, with about 80 passengers on board, mostly tourists from outside Kerala, sank after cruising five km from the boarding point from where it had set out around 4 pm on Wednesday.

Kin of victims can inquire in the helpline numbers 09446052361 and 04869222620 and Kerala House (Delhi) 011 23342320/30411500.