NEW DELHI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least four people have drowned after a boat capsized in a river in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday.
"The incident took place late Saturday evening when the boat carrying some 16 people sank in the Ganges river in Meja sub-division of Allahabad," a police official said.
While 12 people swam to safety, the four drowned. "Divers are searching the waters. Efforts are on to recover their bodies," the official said.
A probe has been ordered into the incident, the official added.
Earlier that day, six people died after the boat in which they were travelling sank in Saryu river at Behta in the same state.
The two incidents came barely three weeks after 22 people drowned when an overloaded boat sank in the Yamuna River in the state's Baghpat district. The boat was carrying 60 people.
