The captain of a cruise boat that capsized off the Bahrain coast has been detained and is being questioned over the accident in which 57 people drowned, most of them Indians and Britons, Bahrain’s public prosecutor said today.

Search efforts continued today in Bahrain for two passengers missing since the capsizing of a small cruise boat, in which 57 people drowned, most of them Indians and Britons.

The captain of a pleasure boat that capsized and killed an Irishman and at least 15 British people off the coast of Bahrain was being questioned today as the inquiry into the tragedy got under way.