Fatehpur boat capsize: Bodies of SI & constable recovered

Prayagraj: The body of a sub-inspector, a constable and a boatman were fished out of Yamuna on Sunday, over 12 hours after the boat they were sitting in capsized in the river in Fatehpur on Saturday evening.
According to police, the two cops were checking the movement of policemen through boats between two districts Banda and Fatehpur during the lockdown.
The sub-inspector and constable were identified as Ramjeet Yadav and Shashikant respectively.Both of them were posted at Kishanpur police station. While Yadav was a resident of Jaunpur, Shashikant was native to Ghazipur.
IG (Prayagraj range) KP Singh said, “The boatman was identified as Ravi and was a resident of Sangolipur. The two policemen were on duty when the boat capsized due to the strong winds and rain.”
A joint team of National Disaster Response Force, Faterhpur police and a unit of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) recovered the three bodies.
Though the incident occurred on Saturday evening, but police teams and divers could not recover the bodies till late night. The bodies were recovered on Sunday after the joint team used nets.
Police said the boat capsized as the boatman could not maintain his balance due to the strong winds and rain reported at Sangolipur Yamuna ghat.