A boat carrying schoolchildren capsized in the Arabian Sea off Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra, a senior official said on Saturday.
Local BJP MLA Manisha Choudhary claimed that the boat was ferrying around 40 children.
District Collector Prashant Narnaware told PTI that the incident occurred on Saturday morning off the Dahanu coast.
“Massive rescue and relief operations are underway and District Superintendent of Police and local officials are supervising the operations,” he said.
Further details were awaited, he said.
