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At least 50 dead after boat capsizes in India COCHIN, India, July 27 (Reuters) - At least 50 people died when a passenger boat capsized in a lake in the southern Indian state of Kerala early on Saturday, police said. "The death toll has gone up to 50," a police official at the Kumarakom police station said. Kottayam district police superintendent S. Gopinath told Reuters the boat, which belonged to the Kerala government, was ferrying about 400 passengers from Muhama to Kumarakom, 80 kms (50 miles) from the port city of Cochin. "The boat capsized in the Vembanad lake, probably due to overloading," the police official said. The navy has been called in to help with rescue and relief operations. No further details were immediately available. |
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