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Valsad: 5 persons killed in boat tragedy in Dudhani Lake

In Valsad district of Gujarat, incident of 5 persons killed in a boat tragedy in Dudhani Lake has come up.

It is learnt that there were excess 31 passengers onboard than the capacity of boat. From begining the boat was shaking and it started sinking after 5 to 10 minutes. 5 persons died when the boat sank in deep water of lake. There were boat did not carrying adequate equipment to rescue passengers. Senior citizens from Mumbai had come to the place, who were among the victim.

Owner of the boat Nirmal Jain was in the boat at the time of tragedy.

Minister Praful Patel has visited the site and instructed authorities to probe in the case.

Silvassa SP Pramod Kumar Mishra said the boat sank in deep waters, so there was a difficulty in carrying out rescue operations. Firstly, boat will be pulled out and then futher investigation will start. 28 passengers have been rescued in the boat capsize tragedy.

The case has been filed against Nirmal Jain owner of the boat.

Video of the tragedy has gone viral on Social Media.

As per source.