Rescue operation underway in the boat capsize incident in the Yamuna river, near Keshi Ghat in Vrindavan, Mathura, on April 12, 2026.

Rescue operation underway in the boat capsize incident in the Yamuna river, near Keshi Ghat in Vrindavan, Mathura, on April 12, 2026.
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The death toll in the Vrindavan boat capsize incident has risen to 16 after the body of the final missing pilgrim was recovered from the Yamuna river, police said on Thursday (April 16, 2026).

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Suresh Chandra Rawat said the body of Pankaj Malhotra (40), a resident of Jalalabad in Punjab’s Fazilka, was found beneath the Panighat bridge following an intensive week-long search operation.


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