A boat carrying some senior state government officials, political workers and journalists overturned after colliding with rocks in the Arabian Sea around 4.15 pm on Wednesday, Coast Guard (CG) officials said yesterday, adding that the incident happened after another boat carrying Chief Secretary D K Jain had reached the venue. Of the 22 onboard, all were rescued and brought ashore, barring one — a worker of Shiv Sangram party, Siddhesh Pawar. The Mumbai-born 26-year-old had got married just four months ago and didn't know how to swim, said officials. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has called the incident tragic and assured a thorough probe.

Tragedy at sea
The boat — Manas 3 — that belongs to the state government hit rocks en route to the site of the proposed Shivaji memorial, where work was to begin yesterday. The event was cancelled and several agencies — fire brigade, police, CG, Navy, 108 ambulance —mobilised. The CG immediately launched an air cushion vehicle (a helicopter), which reached the spot in 15 minutes, while the police launched their boats, which towed the boat to land.