India, May 2 -- Five of the nine people killed in the Bargi Dam boat tragedy in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Thursday belonged to a single family from Tamil Nadu, a relative said on Saturday, as authorities began efforts to bring the bodies back to their native place.

The victims included two women - Kaarkuzhali, 38, and Sowbhakiyam, 42 - Kaarkuzhali's husband Kamaraj, 38, their four-year-old son Tamilvendhan, and seven-year-old Mayuran, Sowbhakiyam's son. All were residents of Anna Nagar in Dharapuram in Tiruppur district.

"My daughter-in-law, along with my grandson (Tamilvendhan), had gone to visit Sowbhakiyam's house in Madhya Pradesh. During the trip they went boating where the incident occurred," Kamaraj's mother Rajalaksh...