1 dead, 2 lost as watercraft inverts in West Bengal

Kolkata, Aug 3: One individual kicked the bucket and two others disappeared after a pontoon overturned in a stream at Baharampur in West Bengal’s Murshidabad locale today, while 10 others were spared by Border Security Force (BSF) faculty.

A man, who was safeguarded and taken to a close-by wellbeing focus, was pronounced dead. Two others are absent in spite of exhaustive pursuit by BSF Water Wing work force and regular citizens, an announcement from the BSF said.

On seeing a nation pontoon conveying 20 main 25 individuals from Beespara town all of a sudden starting to invert, BSF work force raced to the spot and did the salvage operation, it said.

“BSF faculty safeguarded 10 persons with the assistance of a pace pontoon. Rest of the persons were safeguarded by neighborhood individuals with the assistance of nation put forth vessel,” the announcement said.