At least 13 persons are feared drowned when a country boat sank in river Ganga at Kewatia village of Bihar's Bhojpur district.
The mishap took place last night when nearly 20 persons were returning home in a country boat after working in their fields on the other side of the river, Sub Divisional Officer Madhav Prasad said today.
While some passengers swam to safety, some others were rescued with the help of locals, but there was no information about 13 passengers, he said.
NDRF (National Disaster Relief Force) personnel are still searching for the missing persons, Prasad said.
