Six Bhojpur men missing as boat capsizes in Ganga

ARA: A boat carrying 12 persons capsized in the Ganga after collided with a pillar of Ara-Chhapra bridge near Doriganj in Saran district on Monday night.
While six of them swam to safety, the six others were missing. A search operation was on. According to sources, those missing are Rameshwar Rai (50) , Dineshwar Rai (45), Manoj Pandey(50), Naresh Rai (28), Manjit Kumar (17) and Devendra Kumar (18), all from Semra village under Barhara police station area in Bhojpur district.
They were returning from a fair when the mishap occurred. But the locals said they were returning after selling sand in the night. A CPI(ML) delegation comprising Tarari MLA Sudama Prasad, Bhojpur district committee member Dilraj Pritam and others visited Semra and met the families of the missing persons.