In a heart-wrenching discovery, a diving team found the body of a woman still clutching her child in a tight embrace after a cruise boat capsized in Madhya Pradesh's Bargi Dam.
The Agra-based diving team described challenging conditions inside the submerged vessel, with limited space and jagged iron rods forcing them to use hammers to create narrow openings.
As many as nine people have died, and 22 have been rescued after the sudden storm on Thursday evening.
The rescue operation was perilous, with the boat's structure having completely collapsed on both sides, and internal grilles making the pathways dangerously narrow.
Despite these hurdles, the paramilitary team has so far recovered five bodies from the reservoir, including one child and four adults.