Ahmedabad: At least 17 pilgrims, including nine women, were missing and feared dead when a boat capsized in the Bay of Cambay in Bharuch district of Gujarat, about 100 km from Ahmedabad, on April 3.

The boat carrying 42 people from Katpar to Jageshwar sunk when it was caught in a storm in the sea, Bharuch deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Amarsinh Vasava said.

While 25 people - 24 men and a woman - managed to swim ashore, efforts were on to trace the missing, he said, adding the passengers were undertaking "Parikrama".

Rescue teams from Gujarat Chemical Port Trust Ltd and LNG Petronate Ltd have been pressed into service to trace the missing people, Vasava said.

PTI