Boat tragedy: Four drown, four others go missing

Four persons drowned and four others have gone missing and after a boat carrying 12 persons capsized in river Betwa in Kadaura area, police said.

Jalaun (UP): Four persons drowned and
four others have gone missing and after a boat carrying 12
persons capsized on Tuesday in river Betwa in Kadaura area, police
said.

The incident took place this afternoon when the
devotees were going to pay obeisance to Goddess Durga at a
temple in Hamirpur and the boat carrying 12 persons capsized,
they said.
The incident took place between Kadaura area in Jalaun
and Jalalpur area of Hamirpur district, they said.

The drowned persons are - Raju (37), Sanjay (25),
Bhura (35) and Anil (22). The bodies of the victims were
fished out by the villagers.
While four persons swam to safety, four others are
still missing and efforts are on to trace them.

PTI