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Missing passenger’s body found, death toll rises to 14
Mumbai: The body of a man who was among the two missing passengers after a Navy craft rammed into their ferry off the Mumbai coast, was found on Thursday, taking the toll to 14, said police as the Navy launched a probe into one of the deadliest crashes in the city’s harbour area.
A day after the crash, the body of the 43-year-old man was found near the ferry, police said. Search operation continues to locate a sevenyear-old boy who is still missing, a police official added. A naval helicopter and boats of the Navy and Coast Guard were deployed on Thursday to look for the missing passengers. Eight boats, including those from the Navy and Coast Guard are involved in the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, the official said. Of the 113 persons on board both the vessels, 14 died and 98, including two injured, were rescued.
