KOTA: At least 14 people were killed after a boat carrying over 40 devotees to a temple in Indergarh area of Rajasthan's Bundi district capsized in Chambal river on Wednesday morning.
The incident happened under Khatoli police station limits of Kota district.
Kota rural SP Sharad Choudhary told TOI that the boat was carrying over 40 devotees to a temple in Indergarh area of Bundi district capsized in Chambal river at around 8.45am on Wednesday morning.
Around 20-25 people are reported to have managed to swim to the shor, he said.
According to locals, 40–50 people, including women and children, had left for Kamleshwar Mahadev temple for Darshan in Indergarh area of Bundi district from villages in Khatoli police station area.
The boat carrying the devotees was yet to renew its fitness, a source said.
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Rajasthan: Boat carrying 50 passengers capsizes in the Chambal river, 4 dead