Sualkuchi, Assam:
Six students are feared drowned after a boat, ferrying them and 11 of their schoolmates from a picnic spot, capsized in Brahmaputra river near Sualkuchi village in Assam's Kamrup (rural) district.
While local fishermen rescued 11 people on the boat, four girls and two boys went missing.
A joint team of National Disaster Response Force and Border Security Force is helping in the rescue efforts and carrying out under water search. They have covered an area of about 20 kilometers but have not found anything yet.
Seventeen students of class X and XI of Bongshar Higher Secondary school at Sualkuchi had gone to the riverine area for a picnic. The boat sank while they were returning home, police said. (With PTI input)