1 killed, 4 missing while Boat overturned

Rajasthan, Aug 08: In a shocking incident, nearly six people were missing after their boat overturned in Parban river in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan Here on Monday.

While coming to details, The boat carrying 15 people, including four boatmen, capsized near Aklera city in the district.

Of the 15 people, four swam out to safety while five others were rescued by the SDRF and police teams that were pressed into action.

The search operation is launched by police, 10 are rescued and remaining six is still missing.The rescue teams have been deployed at different spots to find out the missing persons.

Jhalawar Superintendent of Police Anand Sharma said, "we had preliminary information that 17 passengers were on the boat, which capsized due to strong water currents soon after it left for Jhalawar from Harnawada in Baran district".

He said that rescued people later revealed that 15 passengers were on board, of which four were boatmen.

Of these, 10 were rescued while the rescue team received a man's body. The search for four people is still there, he added.