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Sitapur, March 15: Three people drowned after a boat with 16 people on board capsized in Sharda river in Ratanganj village here on Saturday, officials said. The passengers were on their way to attend the cremation of 22-year-old Dinesh Gupta who drowned in the same river during Holi celebrations on Friday, according to locals. There were 16 people on the boat when the incident happened around noon.
They were evacuated and sent to a Community Health Centre in Tambor when three were declared dead, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Biswa Manish Kumar told PTI. Sitapur: Boat Capsizes in River While Heading to Funeral, 3 Dead, 7 Rescued (Watch Video) . सीतापुर में अंतिम संस्कार में शामिल होने जा रहे एक दर्जन लोग नाव पलटने से नदी में डुबे,3 लोगों की मौत,सात लोगों को सकुशल बचाया गया है,ग्रामीण और रेस्क्यू टीम मौके पर लोगों को निकालने में जुटी। @Uppolice pic.
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push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1560419204258-2'); }); — Naseem Ahmad Journalist NDTV (@NaseemNdtv) March 15, 2025 A two-year-old child was rescued and sent home but 12 others are still undergoing treatment at the centre, he said. The deceased have been identified as Sanjay (32), Khushboo (30) and Kumkum (13), police said.
Family and villagers were going across the Sharda river in two boats for Dinesh's cremation. While the boat carrying some family members and the body reached the shore, the ill-fated boat with 16 people on board capsized in the middle of the river, the locals said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the police said.
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