At least four persons were missing after a boat capsized in the Indravati river in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Saturday, police said. The boat with 18 passengers overturned near Nelasnar village around 11 AM, a local police official said.

"Some of the passengers were rescued by local people while some others managed to swim to the shore. But four persons, including a woman and a girl, are missing," he said. People in Abhujmad area cross the river mainly to go to weekly markets held in villages on the other bank, he said.