Three children go missing after boat capsize

Hajipur, Oct 13 (PTI) Three children - two girls andone boy went missing after an overcrowded country boatcapsized in the Ganga in Bihar's V...

Hajipur, Oct 13 (PTI) Three children - two girls andone boy went missing after an overcrowded country boatcapsized in the Ganga in Bihar's Vaishali district today.

The three are aged between six months and four yearsand local divers have been pressed into service to rescuethem, Bidhupur police station officer in-charge Ritesh Mandalsaid.

The country boat with 20 passengers on board and over100 sacks of fertiliser loaded on it was on way to Gokulpurfrom Khalsa ghat at Bidhupur when the boat capsized beforereaching its destination, The parents of the three children and others in theboat swam to safety. PTI COR SNS KKKK.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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