Jajpur: In an unfortunate incident reported from the Sadar police station area of Jajpur district, a fishing boat capsized while crossing the Tantighai River, leaving two youths missing and two women rescued.
According to reports, four members of a family were crossing the river at Dauri Bandha Ghat on Wednesday morning around 8 am when the boat capsized. The four persons on the boat have been identified as Hemalata Dalai (75), her daughter Bhama Dalai (60), and Hemalata’s grandsons Subhankar Dalai and Mania Dalai, all residents of Mohammad Jamalpur village.
Local reports said the family had gone out on Wednesday to see the Durga idol immersion procession at Daunrakula. On their way back Thursday morning, their boat was caught in the river and sank. Two women, Hemalata and Bhama, were rescued by locals and have been admitted to a nearby medical facility. Their condition is stated to be stable. However, Shubhankar and Mania, are still untraced.
On information, Fire Services department has rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation to trace them.
