AGRA, April 11 -- The death toll in the Vrindavan boat tragedy rose to 11 after one more body was recovered during the search operation on Saturday, officials said. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when a boat carrying 38 tourists, mostly from Ludhiana in Punjab, capsized in the Yamuna near Kesi Ghat.

Rescue operations which began soon after the incident around 3 pm on Friday continued till 2:30 am on Saturday before being paused. The capsized boat was traced on the riverbed at around 1:30 am, district magistrate (DM) Chandra Prakash Singh said.

Search operations resumed at 5 am on Saturday, focusing on five missing persons - Manik Tandon, Pankaj Malhotra, Rishabh Sharma, Yash Bhalla and Monica.

Superintendent of police (rural...