Bhagalpur (Bihar): A boat carrying nearly 50 people capsized in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district Thursday. In the accident a 40-year-old woman died. Officials said that seven others may have drowned which means that the death toll stands at eight. The remaining people on the boat either swam to safety or were rescued by SDRF personnel, a senior police official said.
The incident took place in Naugachia police district, around 30 km from here. Agricultural labourers were crossing a river by a boat to go to their fields, Bhagalpur District Magistrate Pranav Kumar informed.
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“One body of a woman has been recovered so far. She has been identified as Sunaina Devi, a resident of Tintanga in Gopalpur police station area in Naugachia. Seven people are still missing,” the Kumar said.
A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has reached the spot. Efforts were on to recover the seven missing persons, he added.