Three drown as boat carrying 16 capsizes in river at UP’s Sitapur

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...

Tribune News Service

sitapur, Updated At : 03:13 AM Mar 16, 2025 IST

Rescue and relief operations underway in Sitapur, UP. PTI

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.

There were 16 people on the boat when the incident happened around noon. They were evacuated and sent to a Community Health Centre in Tambour when three were declared dead, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Biswa Manish Kumar said.

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), the police said.

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