Rescuers searched on Monday (May 8) for survivors from an overcrowded tourist boat that capsized in south India leaving at least 22 people dead.

Police said the exact number of people on the boat that capsized on Sunday (May 7) evening in an estuary near the town of Tanur in the Kerala state had yet to be confirmed, adding that a search was being conducted for the owner of the boat who had absconded.

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