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Boat capsized in Assam : Three persons feared to death

Global

Jul 23, 2017

Guwahati : At least three persons are feared to death, when a boat capsized in Assam's Cachar district on Sunday evening, officials said.

According to the reports, a boat was capsized in flood waters at Gonsainagar Hawor area near Kalabil under Lakhipur sub-division in the Barak valley district at around 3 pm with 9 persons on board.

Following the incident, six persons were rescued by the nearby fishermen, but other three persons are still traceless.

A top official of Cachar district administration said that, NDRF and SDRF teams have been called following the incident and search operation is still on.

The missing persons are identified as Biswajit Paul, Rajib Das and Appu Ali.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)