PATNA: A Bihar constable, part of a police team that was tracking liquor smugglers, died on Wednesday when a boat capsized in Gopalganj district of Bihar, police said. The other four members of the police team were able to swim to safety.
Gopalganj superintendent of police (SP) Anand Kumar said the body of constable Rajesh Kumar, 36, a resident of Gaya district, has been found.
Kumar said the incident took place around Wednesday noon when the police team led by assistant sub-inspector Sanjay Yadav was on its way to Rajwahi village in GopalganjтАЩs riverine area. The officer said the boat was in the middle of Gandak river when it capsized.
Four others including the officer leading the police team are safe, Kumar said. Yadav and another policeman are undergoing treatment at GopalganjтАЩs Sadar hospital.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief at the constableтАЩs death.
