West Bengal: 3 drown, 1 missing after being swept away by river in Bhatpara

KOLKATA: (Mar 4) Three persons drowned and one was missing after being swept away by the Hooghly river when they were bathing after playing with colours on Dol in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon at Balaram Sarkar Ghat in Ward 33 of the Bhatpara Municipality, they said.

Three bodies were recovered, while the search was continuing for one person, they added.