7 Go Missing After Boat Carrying 14 People Capsizes In Bihar’s Maner, Rescue Ops Underway

7 people went missing as a boat capsized in Ganga river at Mahveer Tola ghat in Patna on Friday. Rescue operations by NDRF are underway to find them.

Written by: Shrimansi Kaushik Edited by: Shrimansi Kaushik

Updated: December 30, 2022, 11:17 PM IST

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Boat carrying 14 people capsizes in Bihar's Maner in Patna. 7 are safe while other 7 go missing.

Patna: At least 7 people went missing after a boat carrying 14 people capsized in the river Ganga at Maner of Patna district on Friday. The incident took place at around 2.30 pm near Mahveer Tola ghat. An NDRF team is engaged in search and rescue operation, said ASI Satya Narayan Singh, PS Maner. Other 7 people are safe.

Bihar | 7 people missing after a boat carrying 14 people capsized in Maner of Patna district today

7 people safe, 7 missing; NDRF team engaged in search and rescue operation, says ASI Satya Narayan Singh, PS Maner. pic.twitter.com/9TGGLEF4bU

— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2022

“The boat overturned and sank in the middle of the river Ganga. While seven people managed to swim to safety and reach the shore of the river, seven others went missing”, said Chandrashekhar Singh, District Magistrate, Patna.

A search operation was launched by the state disaster relief force to trace the seven missing persons, he said, adding that the missing persons could not be traced. “We will engage personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NBDRF) to trace the missing persons on Saturday”, the DM said.