VARANASI, Feb. 1 -- Six people were rescued after they fell off a boat in the Ganga near Maan Mandir Ghat here. The boat, with the six on board, capsized after another boat with 58 people hit it on Friday, police said.

All six were rescued by NDRF rescuers, water police personnel and the boatman, said a senior police officer and added all passengers were wearing life-saving jackets. They were brought to the banks of Ganga.

Additional commissioner of police (law and order) S Channappa said, "We received information that a boat capsized in Ganga. Immediately, NDRF and water police teams reached the spot and rescued all six people and sent two of them to the hospital for first aid."

According to the officials, many of the people on the bo...