PATNA/BIHARSHARIF: Two persons were feared drowned after their SUV, they were sitting in, fell into the swollen Ganga at Jethuli ghat under Fatuha police station. The four-wheeler was being ferried on a boat to the other side of the river. The missing persons have been identified as Gautam (30) and Anil (50).
The incident took place around 9.30pm on Sunday when the marriage procession of Shambhu Rai, son of Upendra Rai, from Indira Nagar of Patna left for Raghopur village in Vaishali in an SUV. “The vehicle, carrying eight persons, reached the ghat to cross the river on a boat. The SUV was also loaded on the boat along with two other four-wheelers. When the boat covered around 15-feet from Jethuli ghat towards Vaishali, the vehicle fell into the river. Two people drowned while six others managed to swim to the ghat,” said DSP Rajesh Kumar Manjhi.
