3 dead, 7 missing as boat carrying 18 from Bihar to Jharkhand capsizes in Ganga

KATIHAR: Three people, including a one-year-old child, were drowned to death and seven others are reported to be missing after a small country boat carrying 18 people from Bihar’s Katihar to Jharkhand’s Sahebganj capsized in River Ganga on Sunday morning, officials said, adding that eight people managed to swim to safety.

A team of state disaster response force and local divers have been pressed into service to rescue the missing people. (Representational image)

A team of state disaster response force (SDRF) and local divers have been pressed into service to rescue the missing people.