Four more bodies were fished out of the Bagmati river on Friday, after over 24 hours of scouring the water following a boat capsize in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, a senior official has said.
Of the four deceased, two are children.
Divers and NDRF and SDRF personnel are continuing the search for nine others - including two young boys and three teenage girls - who are still missing.
Muzaffarpur District Magistrate Pranav Kumar said the boat carrying around 30 people overturned in the river at around 10am on Thursday.
While 20 people were rescued within a few hours of the accident, others were swept away by the current and the bodies of four were recovered only on Friday, Kumar said.
The deceased were identified as Ajmal (4), Wasim (11), Pintu Sahani (22) and Shamshul (40).
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has instructed the disaster management department to provide ex-gratia to the next of kin of each of the deceased.
A team of doctors is camping near the ghat, and a facility for post-mortem examinations has been set up there.
“Senior officials of the district administration are supervising the entire operation,” the DM said.
