India finds boat adrift with Rohingya refugees, 8 dead Premium Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anura Srivastava said the coast guard found 81 people alive on the boat and provided them with food, water and medical care. One refugee was missing (Photo: Reuters) . Updated: 25 Feb 2021, 08:39 PM IST AP The boat left Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on Feb. 11 with 90 people, including 23 children, on board and its engine failed on Feb. 15, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anura Srivastava said. Share Via Read Full Story India's coast guard has found a boat adrift in the Andaman Sea carrying scores of Rohingya refugees, including eight who had died, officials said Thursday.