Manama (Bahrain), March 31
Eighteen Indians, including two women, were among 57 persons killed after a traditional wooden boat on a dinner cruise with 137 passengers aboard capsized off the coast of Bahrain, officials said today.
Thirtysix others, including 17 Indians, were injured when the boat overturned last night about a kilometre from a causeway connecting two islands in the Gulf state.
All but three injured Indians have been discharged from hospital, a spokesman for the Indian Embassy here said.
Sixtyseven persons were rescued while 13 others were still missing and an operation by the Bahrain Coast Guard, in cooperation with the American Navy, was on to locate them.
Thirty Indians were among those rescued.
The spokesman did not rule out the possibility of the Indian toll going up as 10 bodies were yet to be identified. The two Indian women who died were identified as Ms Nag Bhushan Pilla and Siru
Arby. — PTI
