From Our Correspondent
Guwahati: At least seven persons have gone missing when a country boat with 22 on board capsized on the Champavati river in Bongaigaon district in western Assam on Friday evening. It is a tributary of Brahmaputra River.
The incident occurred at around 5:30 pm on Friday as the boat was returning from Chapar in Dhubri district at the end of the local weekly market to Ouguri in the adjoining Bongaigaon district.
Bongaigaon district Superintendent of Police Nitul Gogoi said 15 persons were rescued while seven others remained untraced till late Friday evening. Rescue operations are underway.
