By KR Desk
Srinagar: Six people including a young mother and her two school-going twin sons, died when a boat capsized in the swollen Jhelum river near Batwara here on Tuesday morning.
“As far as initial input, 15 people were travelling in the boat, and out of them, seven were minors and the rest were adults. Since morning, we have fished out 12 people from the river, and six of them unfortunately died in the incident,” District Magistrate Srinagar Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat told reporters near the tragedy site.
He said that three are being treated in the hospital and are stable.
“Three people, including two children, are still missing,” Bhat said.
Search and rescue operations by several agencies, including the State Disaster Response Force, are underway to locate the missing eople. The Army’s elite Marine Commandos (MARCOS) have also been alerted.
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