01 November,2014 03:09 PM IST | | Agencies
At least six people, including three children, were killed and five others went missing when a boat capsized in Bihar's Jamui district Saturday, police said
Patna: At least six people, including three children, were killed and five others went missing when a boat capsized in Bihar's Jamui district Saturday, police said.
The accident took place in Gahi Dam.
"Six bodies were recovered from the dam by villagers and five others are missing," a police officer said.
According to police, 16 people were on the boat when it capsized in the dam in Maoist affected Jamui, about 200 km from here.
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Five people swam to safety, the officer said.
The district administration has sought the National Disaster Response Force's help in the search mission, disaster management department principal secretary Vayasji said.
