when their boat carrying 50 passengers today capsized in Kapili river in central Assam's Nagaon district.
Official sources said the rest of the passengers were either rescued or swam to safety.
The country boat travelling from Kampur Dhing Ghat with about 50 passengers to Jamunamukh Bazar capsized early this morning and all the passengers fell into the river, the sources said.
The district administration with the help of the public rescued them and has launched a search operation for tracing the missing three passengers, they added.