India, May 28 -- At least three people died and four others went missing after a boat carrying 14 passengers capsized in the Ganga river near Sultanpur Diara in Mohiuddin Nagar block of Bihar's Samastipur district on Thursday morning, officials said.

According to officials engaged in the rescue operation, seven people were rescued safely, while search operations were continuing till the filing of this report.

All the passengers were residents of Masoomganj Bind Toli under Barh police station area in Patna district. They had crossed the river to Sultanpur Diara in Mohiuddinnagar area of Samastipur district for agricultural work and were returning to Umanath Ghat with vegetables loaded from parwal fields when the accident occurred.

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