Vadodara boat capsize: Rescue ops underway; cops register case

Two teams of Vadodara Fire and Emergency Services are currently on standby at Harni Motnath Lake where a boat capsized in Vadodaras Harni Motnath Lake on Thursday killing 14 persons including 12 students and two teachersSpeaking to ANI Jaideep Gadhavi subfire officer stated that 14 of the twenty people previously rescued died including the teachers Two Vadodara Fire Service units are still on standby at the incident site utilising underwater cameras to aid the search operationWe received information that a boat has capsized in the Harni Motnath Lake We rescued 20 people of whom 14 died including two teachers Two teams of Vadodara Fire Service are in standby mode at the incident spot he told ANI while elaborating on the rescue operations of the Vadodara boat capsize incidentEight teams of the Vadodara Rescue Team immediately reached the spot The search operation is underway with the help of an underwater camera Efforts are being made to identify some children based on their belongings At 10 am we will file the missing report after the search is over Gadhavi further told the news agencyMeanwhile DCP Vadodara Leela Patil confirmed that they have filed a case after the Vodadara boat capsize incident and postmortem procedures are in progress A boat carrying children capsized in Harni Motnath Lake 14 people have died in this incident A case has been registered The postmortem of the bodies is underway Patil told ANIChief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi paid a visit to the injured at SSG Hospital in Vadodara The deceased victims including schoolchildren and teachers have been identified and one survivor Sufiya Shaukat Shaikh 13 is receiving treatment He also ordered an inquiry in the case to ensure justiceThe deceased are Mohammad Ayan Mohammad Anis Gandhi 13 Falguniben Manishbhai Patel 45 Roshni Pankajbhai Shinde 10 Rutwi Pratik Shah 10 Chhayaben Surati 45 Jahabiya Mohammad Yunus Subedar 10 Vishv Kumar Kalpeshbhai Nizama 10 Rayan Harun Khalifa 10 Sakina Sokat Abdulrasur 9 Alisabanu Mahamad Umar Kothariwala 9 Muvavza Mohamed Mahir Sheikh 8 Nancy Rahul Mali 8 Ayat Altaf Huseni Mansuri 9 Asiya Faruk Khalifa 11Meanwhile Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi speaking with ANI said that a case has been registered under Sections 304 308 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused persons Two accused have been nabbed and a magisterial inquiry has been handed over to Vadodara District Collector Sanghavi told ANIPM Modi HM Amit Shah announce exgratiaExpressing condolences Home Minister Amit Shah extended prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured children Bhupendrapbjp NDRF hellipmdash Amit Shah AmitShah January 18 2024Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an exgratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund PMNRF for each deceased along with Rs 50000 for the injured The Gujarat Government also pledged Rs 4 lakhs for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50000 for those injured