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MP cruise boat tragedy: Search ops expanded to trace four missing passengers

Search operations have been intensified at Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh to trace four passengers missing after a cruise boat tragedy that left nine dead. Over 200 rescuers, including Army divers and disaster response teams, are combing the area as authorities prepare to file an FIR and probe alleged safety lapses

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Rescue operations underway to find 4 more passengers. Pic/PTI

Rescue operations underway to find 4 more passengers. Pic/PTI

Army divers and disaster response teams on Saturday expanded their search at Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh to locate a man and three children still missing after the cruise boat tragedy that claimed nine lives two days ago, officials said.

With 28 of the 41 identified passengers onboard the ill-fated cruise boat rescued safely, police are preparing to register an FIR in connection with the accident that occurred at the reservoir in Jabalpur district on Thursday evening, they said.

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