35 dead, 200 missing in Assam ferry capsize
MONALISA GOGOI | Guwahati, April 30, 2012 19:33
At least 35 people, including women and children, were killed and nearly 200 missing when a ferry packed with 300 passengers capsized in a river in Brahmaputra river on Monday.
According to the sources, the ferry bound from Perabhita ghat of Dhubri to another bank of the Brahmaputra drowned in the middle of the river because of heavy storm.
Sources said that there were more than 300 passengers in the ferry out of which 50 passengers were able to come out of the river.
BSF jawans and police forces have recovered 35 dead bodies till now.
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