Four drowned, 10 missing in Bihar boat mishap

Four persons were drowned and ten others reported missing when a country-boat overturned in river Balan at Kevta-Lodipur Ghat in Bihar's Samastipur district today, police said.

The boat, carrying 20 passengers, was sailing to other side of the river but sank because of strong wind, sources said.

Four bodies, including those of two women, were fished out from the river, while search continued to for ten others by local divers. The remaining six swam ashore, they added.