Boat capsizes in Bihar’s Gaghra river, three women missing

Siwan: Three women went missing after a boat capsized in Gaghra river near Melni village under Garaouli police station of Bihar’s Siwan district on Saturday.

Assistant Superintendent of Police A K Gupta said, a boat carrying seven women capsized in the mainstream of the river.

Fishermen and villagers saved four of the seven occupants of the boat while the three were missing.

The three women were identified as Anu Kumari (13), Mansha Devi (45) and Rajkumari Devi (40).

Search is on for the missing women, the ASP added.

–PTI