District Police Office Saptari has deployed police at the Koshi Barrage for the rescue operation after a boat capsized in the Koshi River on Saturday.

A team of 50 police officials led by Saptari police chief SP Bhim Prasad Dhakal has reached Koshi Barrage to search for the missing people. Dhakal informed that police has been looking for the missing ones in ten local boats.

Dhakal said that the search and rescue operation at the Koshi Barrage has been intensified since the missing people might be flown to the Barrage by the flood.

Meanwhile, Sunsari police has also been deployed at the barrage.