Ten people, including six minors, killed in boat capsize in Assam
The incident took place in the Bogilabhita area near Lakhipur along the district’s border with Meghala.
Goalpara district Superintendent of police Amitabh Sinha said the three boats, which were in a race organised in the Saban river, capsized in a severe rainstorm.
The incident happened at around 4-30 pm as thousands of people gathered on the river banks to witness the annual event.
"The victims are from Goalpara district. We have already recovered ten bodies. No one is reported missing," the top police official said.
Police denied the claims of ten boats being capsized with a greater casualty.
During the Sunday's severe storm, a motorcyclist and a fisherman were killed in Guwahati.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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