Aurangabad: One person died while eight others are feared drowned when a country boat ferrying flood victims capsized in the swollen River Punpun near Kalem village in Bihar's Aurangabad district.

"One body has been fished out and search is on for eight others in the boat tragedy," Aurangabad District Magistrate Kunwal Tanuj told PTI today. Nine persons had swam to safety after the mishap, the DM said.