New Delhi [India], President Draupadi Murmu on Saturday expressed condolences to the bereaved families of those killed in a boat accident in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district.

The President said, "The news of the death of several people, including children, in a boat accident in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh is extremely saddening. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured. " In a post on 'X'.

At least seven people died after a boat capsized in Seep river in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. Police said the seven dead included five children, adding that a total of eleven people were on board the boat.

"A tragic incident took place at Seep in Manipur police station area. A boat capsized in the river. There were 11 people in the boat, out of which 4 people are safe. Bodies of seven people have been recovered and brought." They were taken to the district hospital where doctors declared them brought dead. Of the seven people, two are adults and five are children...,'' Superintendent of Police Abhishek Anand said.

Earlier last month, a fisherman died after his fishing boat capsized at Muthalapozhi in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The deceased has been identified as Ibrahim, a resident of Attingal Municipality, when his boat capsized while returning to the shore at Muthalapozhi port area.

There were a total of four people on the boat at the time of the incident. Three of them were rescued by local authorities.