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GUWAHATI: Dead bodies of the two children and two adults who drowned after their boat capsized in the Baghmora picnic spot in the Jorhat district of Assam were recovered by a team of NDRF on Wednesday morning.
The tragic incident took place after a small boat carrying 13 members of two families capsized on Tuesday. The families were enjoying a boat ride in the Winter Carnival when the overloaded boat capsized.
Following the incident, all the 13 people in the boat fell into the river. Locals and boatmen acted promptly and managed to rescue 9 of them. The rescuers could not trace the other four victims.
Joyride Turns Fatal for 4 as Boat Capsizes in Jorhat
Four people, including two minors, have drowned when a picnic party went for a river cruise on a country boat and it capsized in the Brahmaputra river
| 27 Jan 2021 1:25 PM GMT
JORHAT: In a tragic incident, at least 4 people are feared drowned in the Brahmaputra river after a country boat carrying 12 passengers capsized in Assam s Jorhat district.
The mishap took place when a few members of a picnic party went for a river cruise on a country boat in Baghmara area, about 15 kilometres away from Jorhat.
Four people lost their lives including two minors in the incident.