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Six people, including children, person been reported missing aft a motorised state vessel capsized successful the Brahmaputra River successful occidental Assam’s Barpeta territory connected Tuesday (January 27, 2026).
The territory constabulary said that the boat, sailing from Rohampur to Borghul, had 36 radical connected committee erstwhile calamity struck.
“Three to 4 children are among the missing passengers, who were going to be a household event,” Senior Superintendent of Police Sushanta Biswa Sarma said.
The boat, which allegedly lacked capable beingness jackets, disappeared without a hint aft the accident. The survivors either managed to aquatics ashore oregon were rescued by fishermen.
State Disaster Response Force and Barpeta constabulary unit conducted a rescue operation, on with the fishermen. Members of the National Disaster Response Force are expected to articulation the rescue operation, which is acceptable to resume connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026).
This is the 2nd motorised vessel mishap successful Assam successful little than a year. In June 2025, a vessel carrying much than 100 radical partially sank successful a tributary of the Brahmaputra successful Nalbari district.
