Jabalpur, May 5 -- The Jabalpur District Court has directed the registration of an FIR against the cruise boat pilot and others after the boat sank into a river in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh and claimed the lives of 13 individuals.

Taking suo motu cognisance of the incident, the court noted alleged negligence by the operator, who allegedly abandoned passengers during the incident. The court ordered an FIR under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 110 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

"The cruise operator, being aware of the activities and situation of the cruise, exited safely but did not make any effort to save the other passengers, thereby leaving them to die," the court noted.

"If an FIR is not regis...