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Vadodara Harni Lake Tragedy: In connection with the boat capsize incident, which claimed 14 lives including 12 children, Gujarat Police has arrested one more accused, who is the contractor of Kotia Projects. According to the police, the accused has been identified as Vineet Kotia. With the arrest of the contractor of Kotia Projects, the total number of arrested accused reached seven.

"The Kotia project is running under Vineet Kotia. He started the main project. He has been arrested by the police. He was hiding in different places outside Gujarat. He was arrested as soon as he entered Vadodara. Efforts to seize the properties of the other absconding accused are underway. The boat vendor was also called from Pune today," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Panna Momaya said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Vadodara Boat Tragedy: Key Points On Harni Lake Incident

- Recently, an FIR was registered against 18 people in connection with the death of 12 students and two teachers in the Vadodara boat capsize incident.

- According to police, the preliminary investigation suggested that the boat was packed beyond capacity. 27 people were onboard the boat during the accident while it could seat 14, the police said.

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- The FIR alleged further that the passengers were not given life jackets and neither were they given a run-through on the safety guidelines.

- The 12 deceased children were identified as Roshni Pankajbhai Shinde (10), Rutwi Pratik Shah (10), Jahabiya Mohammad Yunus Subedar (10), Sakina Sokat Abdulrasur (9), Alisabanu Mahamad Umar Kothariwala (9), Muvavza Mohamed Mahir Sheikh (8), Nancy Rahul Mali (8), Asiya Faruk Khalifa (11), Mohammad Ayan Mohammad Anis Gandhi (13), Vishv Kumar Kalpeshbhai Nizama (10), Altaf Hussain Mansoori (9), Ryan Harun Khalifa (10) and Farooq Khalifa (10).

- Two teachers who also lost their lives in the tragedy were identified as Falguniben Manishbhai Patel (52) and Chhayaben Hitendrabhai Surti (56).

- Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the deceased's next of kin and Rs 50,000 each to the injured.

- The Gujarat government also announced Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.

(With ANI Inputs)