Assam boat capsize: Efforts underway to trace missing senior government official

Senior Government Officail Missing

DHUBRI: Efforts are on to trace a senior government official who went missing after his boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s Dhubri district.

A mechanized boat carrying 29 passengers capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s Dhubri district near the Bangladesh border on Thursday.
24 hours later, search and rescue personnel from the Assam State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the Border Security Force (BSF) are trying to locate the missing government official, who is still missing.

However, the other 28 passengers were rescued by the Assam SDRF and BSF search and rescue personnel.
The missing Assam government official has been identified as Sanju Das, a circle officer in Assam’s Dhubri district.
The boat overturned near the Dhubri-Phulbari bridge on the Brahmaputra river in Assam near the Bangladesh border when it reportedly hit something.