Police arrest boat driver

Kochi, Feb 24 (UNI) Police today arrested Raju (46), the driver of the ill boat which capsized in the Periyar river killing 18 people on board on Tuesday.

Police said Raju was arrested this morning from his wife's house in Pothenikaddu, near Thodupuzha here.

He was arrested under Section 304 of the IPC and would be produced before the Kothamagalam court this evening, police said.

The victims, including 15 school children, were part of a group of 118, including ten teachers and two non-teaching staff from St Antony's School, who were on an excursion to Thattekkadu.

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