Five people died on Tuesday after a boat ferrying them capsized in the Narmada river in Nandurbar district, the police said. A total of 39 people have been rescued so far, and have been admitted to a local hospital, an official said.

The boat was carrying around 60 people who were on their way to perform a river worship ritual on the occasion of Makar Sankranti when it capsized, the official said. The deceased include a 55-year-old woman, three girls aged 15 months to five years and a five-year-old boy, he said. At least three people are still missing and search operations for them are still going on, the official said. The boat was ferrying around 60 people when it capsized, he added.