Bihar: Boat carrying 55 people capsizes in Ganga, 10 missing

Patna: A boat carrying 55 people capsized in the Ganga river near the Shahpur police station area in Bihar’s Danapur on Sunday. According to an official, 10 people were reported missing and a search operation was launched to find them.

Dinesh Kumar Singh, CO, Maner said that they received the information about boat capsize around 5:30 pm on Sunday after which an NDRF team was immediately rushed to the spot “There were around 50 people travelling in the boat out of which 40-42 reached safely. However, 8-10 people are missing. Search operation underway since morning,” Singh said. According to reports, the incident took place after labourers were returning from work. All the persons on board hailed from the Daudpur area of Patna. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .