Bhubaneswar: As many as four persons, including three women and a child, went missing under the water as a boat carrying them capsized in the Chitrakonda water reservoir in Malkangiri district last evening.

According to reports, the country boat was carrying a total of seven persons belonging to Barlaband village under Nakamamudi gram panchayat when the mishap occurred. The villagers were returning home after working in cultivation field when the ill-fated boat capsized.

Rescue operation was on, said reports.