MP boat tragedy: Govt forms judicial probe panel; to submit report in 3 months

BHOPAL: (May 11) The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a one-member judicial commission to conduct a probe into a cruise boat accident in the Bargi Dam that claimed 13 lives, a senior official said.

The panel will submit its report to the government in three months, the official said on Sunday.

The cruise boat, operated by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department, capsized on April 30 in the Bargi Dam in Jabalpur district, killing 13 persons, including women and children, while 28 others were rescued.