Overview
- A small boat carrying about ten farmers capsized near the ring embankment at Tarwara Ghat on Wednesday, and three female passengers remain unaccounted for.
- SDRF personnel, including Ravindra Kumar, rescued seven people who reached the riverbank after the vessel overturned.
- Local officials identified the missing as Kanchan Devi, Meera Kumari and 11-year-old Neha Kumari and said the three were swept away by strong currents.
- Biraul SDO Shashank Raj and SDPO Prabhakar Tiwari went to the scene to supervise search operations backed by SDRF divers and local boatmen.
- The accident follows a non-fatal capsizing in Saharsa the day before and highlights the routine use of small boats by farmers to reach fields in a river prone to strong flows and sudden danger.