Five people were killed and 20 others feared drowned on Wednesday after an overcrowded boat capsized in the swollen Kosi river near Kanpghat village in Bihar’s Purnia district.
Dhamdaha Sub-divisional Officer of R R Jha told PTI that the mishap took place when the overcrowded boat was caught in an whirlpool in the river and overturned.
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