Tanur boat accident

The accident happened at Thooval Theeram Tourist in Thanoor of the Malappuram district around 7 in the evening. Six people have reportedly been rescued so far, news 18 reported citing sources. Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences to the families of the deceased and announced a Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF). The PMO said in a tweet, "Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mishap in Malappuram, Kerala. Condolences to the bereaved families. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be provided to the next of kin of each deceased: PM Modi". Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mishap in Malappuram, Kerala. Condolences to the bereaved families. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be provided to the next of kin of each deceased: PM Mohammed Riyas, the Kerala Tourism Minister, reportedly left Kozhikode for the scene of the incident. As per the reports, the rescue is currently being assisted by locals, police officers, revenue units, and the fire department. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is expected to visit the accident site on Monday, according to reports. The search and rescue operations are still currently underway and are expected to last for some time. Attempts are being made to tow the capsized boat to shore. According to police, at least ten people have been admitted to nearby private and government hospitals, news agency PTI reported. The exact cause of the accident is unknown at this ...

Malappuram: In a major breakthrough for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Tanur boat accident, two senior port officials were arrested in connection with the case on Tuesday. Senior Port Conservator in charge of Beypore Port, V V Prasad, and Chief Surveyor at Alappuzha Port, Sebastian Joseph, are the officials who were taken into custody. Sebastian was responsible to ensure the safety of the boat. He did not conduct a proper safety check and did not even inspect whether a ladder was built to the boat deck. "We have arrested two officials for failure to properly discharge their duties. We are not in a situation to reveal the reason behind the special interest of these officials to help Nassar start a boat service without proper documents. We have brought them to the office of SIT for interrogation", Tanur DySP V V Benni said. The arrest strengthens the argument of the opposition parties that Nassar had political backing which helped him conduct service without obtaining proper documents or meeting standard safety norms. The ill-fated boat, 'Atlantic', sank near the mouth of an estuary in Tanur in Kerala's Malappuram district on May 7. The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal ...

A special police team investigating the Tanur boat tragedy arrested two senior port officials on Tuesday for serious lapses in the discharge of their duty. V.V. Prasad, senior port conservator in charge of the Beypore port, and Sebastian Joseph, chief surveyor at the Alappuzha port, were arrested by the police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police V.V. Benny. Murder charges under Indian Penal Code Section 302 were slapped on them. Fishing boat Prasad and Sebastian had reportedly visited the illegal yard at Ponnani while the boat was being built there in November 2022. The owner, Nasar P. Tanur, had converted a fishing boat into a tourist boat at the yard by flouting safety norms. According to the police, both the port officials were involved in a criminal conspiracy by deliberately ignoring the safety norms either under pressure or enticement, ultimately leading to a tragedy that claimed 22 lives on May 7. Criminal silence Prasad knew the illegal aspects of the boat’s conversion, yet he did not mention anything of it in his report. Keeping silent about the illegal construction, he filed a report recommending the boat for tourist service. “He maintained a criminal silence about an unauthorised venture; therefore he is answerable for the loss of 22 lives,” said a senior police officer. Sebastian too played an equally incriminating role by turning a blind eye to the violations of norms during his examination of the boat. The original drawing of the boat submitted by the...

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu proceedings into Sunday’s boat mishap in Malappuram district that killed 22 people, and the Kerala Police charged the owner of the boat with murder. The boat, carrying around 40 passengers, capsized in Poorapuzha river at Tanur in Malappuram on Sunday night. The state government had on Monday decided to initiate a judicial probe into the incident. The high court said the accident was “shocking” and “haunting”, and listed the state government represented by the chief secretary, the Malappuram district collector, the district tourism promotion council, the district police, Tanur municipality, the Alappuzha port officer and the port conservator at Beypore as respondents in the case. The court also sought a report from the district collector. The case will be considered next Friday. “We are seeing this from the prism of 22 families who have lost their loved ones. 22 people have died. Police were not there. No supervision at all. You let the private operator do whatever they want. The lifeless bodies of the children – it has become difficult for us to sleep now. We will not let this be forgotten. We have been seeing such incidents happening for years. Every time, a large number of lives are lost. In this particular incident, why didn’t anyone know that there was overloading happening?” Justice Devan Ramachandran of the Kerala High Court said. Malappuram District Police Superintendent S Sujith Das told reporters that the boat’s...

During the investigation, it was revealed that complaints were lodged while work was being carried out at the boatyard. However, the responsible officials failed to take any action on these complaints. Additionally, officials were aware that the fishing boat was being converted into a pleasure boat, but they issued a licence without disclosing these crucial details. The report against the officials further highlights irregularities in the issuance of the fitness certificate. The investigation team had previously confiscated documents from the Beypore and Alappuzha port offices, which substantiated that the Atlantica boat, which was involved in the accident, had been operating in violation of regulations. A complaint was lodged against the fishing boat while it was undergoing ‘unauthorised modifications’ at an’ illegal yard’ in Ponnani. The investigation found that Prasad, the Beypore Port Conservator, had granted permissions without proper scrutiny, and no records were maintained regarding the received complaints. Chief Surveyor Sebastian was also found to have made errors in issuing the fitness certificate for the boat.

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday initiated suo motu proceedings into Sunday’s boat mishap in Malappuram district that killed 22 people, and the Kerala Police charged the owner of the boat with murder. The boat, carrying around 40 passengers, capsized in Poorapuzha river at Tanur in Malappuram on Sunday night. The state government had on Monday decided to initiate a judicial probe into the incident. The high court said the accident was “shocking” and “haunting”, and listed the state government represented by the chief secretary, the Malappuram district collector, the district tourism promotion council, the district police, Tanur municipality, the Alappuzha port officer and the port conservator at Beypore as respondents in the case. The court also sought a report from the district collector. The case will be considered next Friday. “We are seeing this from the prism of 22 families who have lost their loved ones. 22 people have died. Police were not there. No supervision at all. You let the private operator do whatever they want. The lifeless bodies of the children – it has become difficult for us to sleep now. We will not let this be forgotten. We have been seeing such incidents happening for years. Every time, a large number of lives are lost. In this particular incident, why didn’t anyone know that there was overloading happening?” Justice Devan Ramachandran of the Kerala High Court said. Malappuram District Police Superintendent S Sujith Das told reporters that the boat’s...

A special police team investigating the Tanur boat tragedy arrested two senior port officials on Tuesday for serious lapses in the discharge of their duty. V.V. Prasad, senior port conservator in charge of the Beypore port, and Sebastian Joseph, chief surveyor at the Alappuzha port, were arrested by the police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police V.V. Benny. Murder charges under Indian Penal Code Section 302 were slapped on them. Fishing boat Prasad and Sebastian had reportedly visited the illegal yard at Ponnani while the boat was being built there in November 2022. The owner, Nasar P. Tanur, had converted a fishing boat into a tourist boat at the yard by flouting safety norms. According to the police, both the port officials were involved in a criminal conspiracy by deliberately ignoring the safety norms either under pressure or enticement, ultimately leading to a tragedy that claimed 22 lives on May 7. Criminal silence Prasad knew the illegal aspects of the boat’s conversion, yet he did not mention anything of it in his report. Keeping silent about the illegal construction, he filed a report recommending the boat for tourist service. “He maintained a criminal silence about an unauthorised venture; therefore he is answerable for the loss of 22 lives,” said a senior police officer. Sebastian too played an equally incriminating role by turning a blind eye to the violations of norms during his examination of the boat. The original drawing of the boat submitted by the...

The accident happened at Thooval Theeram Tourist in Thanoor of the Malappuram district around 7 in the evening. Six people have reportedly been rescued so far, news 18 reported citing sources. Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences to the families of the deceased and announced a Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF). The PMO said in a tweet, "Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mishap in Malappuram, Kerala. Condolences to the bereaved families. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be provided to the next of kin of each deceased: PM Modi". Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mishap in Malappuram, Kerala. Condolences to the bereaved families. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be provided to the next of kin of each deceased: PM Mohammed Riyas, the Kerala Tourism Minister, reportedly left Kozhikode for the scene of the incident. As per the reports, the rescue is currently being assisted by locals, police officers, revenue units, and the fire department. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is expected to visit the accident site on Monday, according to reports. The search and rescue operations are still currently underway and are expected to last for some time. Attempts are being made to tow the capsized boat to shore. According to police, at least ten people have been admitted to nearby private and government hospitals, news agency PTI reported. The exact cause of the accident is unknown at this ...

Malappuram: In a major breakthrough for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Tanur boat accident, two senior port officials were arrested in connection with the case on Tuesday. Senior Port Conservator in charge of Beypore Port, V V Prasad, and Chief Surveyor at Alappuzha Port, Sebastian Joseph, are the officials who were taken into custody. Sebastian was responsible to ensure the safety of the boat. He did not conduct a proper safety check and did not even inspect whether a ladder was built to the boat deck. "We have arrested two officials for failure to properly discharge their duties. We are not in a situation to reveal the reason behind the special interest of these officials to help Nassar start a boat service without proper documents. We have brought them to the office of SIT for interrogation", Tanur DySP V V Benni said. The arrest strengthens the argument of the opposition parties that Nassar had political backing which helped him conduct service without obtaining proper documents or meeting standard safety norms. The ill-fated boat, 'Atlantic', sank near the mouth of an estuary in Tanur in Kerala's Malappuram district on May 7. The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal ...

During the investigation, it was revealed that complaints were lodged while work was being carried out at the boatyard. However, the responsible officials failed to take any action on these complaints. Additionally, officials were aware that the fishing boat was being converted into a pleasure boat, but they issued a licence without disclosing these crucial details. The report against the officials further highlights irregularities in the issuance of the fitness certificate. The investigation team had previously confiscated documents from the Beypore and Alappuzha port offices, which substantiated that the Atlantica boat, which was involved in the accident, had been operating in violation of regulations. A complaint was lodged against the fishing boat while it was undergoing ‘unauthorised modifications’ at an’ illegal yard’ in Ponnani. The investigation found that Prasad, the Beypore Port Conservator, had granted permissions without proper scrutiny, and no records were maintained regarding the received complaints. Chief Surveyor Sebastian was also found to have made errors in issuing the fitness certificate for the boat.