No trace of 2 missing in Hoshiarpur tragedy
Hindustan TimesThere is no trace of the two persons who went missing after their car was swept away by the floodwaters in Jaijon rivulet in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district on Sunday. The Innova that got swept away in flooded rivulet in Hoshiarpur’s Jaijon killing at least nine occupants. Garhshankar sub-divisional magistrate Shiv Raj Singh Bal said the bodies of nine victims were recovered from as far as three kilometres downstream so the search operation was carried out in farther areas but the efforts remained futile.” He said the hunt would continue on Tuesday. Twelve members of the two families of Dehlan and Bhatoli villages of Himachal Pardesh’s Una district were on their way to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar to attend a wedding when their SUV was swept away in the flooded rivulet.