<p>Local divers fished out 25 bodies, including that of three children, from the river and were trying to trace the missing, District Magistrate Kumar Ravi told PTI.<br /><br />The boat, ferrying 50 passengers who were going attend a 'shradh' ceremony, was caught in the whirlpool near Hari panchayat area and sank, he said.<br /><br />The local divers were being hindered by darkness and rain in their search for the missing passengers, he said.<br /><br />In Patna, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced payment of ex-gratia of Rs 1.5 lakh to the relatives of those killed.<br /><br />He said that a national Disaster Response Force had rushed to the spot.<br /><br />Senior officials, including the Superintendent of Police, S Prasad, were camping at the spot to supervise the operations.</p>
<p>Local divers fished out 25 bodies, including that of three children, from the river and were trying to trace the missing, District Magistrate Kumar Ravi told PTI.<br /><br />The boat, ferrying 50 passengers who were going attend a 'shradh' ceremony, was caught in the whirlpool near Hari panchayat area and sank, he said.<br /><br />The local divers were being hindered by darkness and rain in their search for the missing passengers, he said.<br /><br />In Patna, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced payment of ex-gratia of Rs 1.5 lakh to the relatives of those killed.<br /><br />He said that a national Disaster Response Force had rushed to the spot.<br /><br />Senior officials, including the Superintendent of Police, S Prasad, were camping at the spot to supervise the operations.</p>