Arunachal Pradesh, Aug 15 (NVI): At least four persons were killed while five Army personnel went missing after flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall and a landslide in Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said.
According to officials, a flash flood swept away two shelters at the 5th Grenadiers’ Pasu Pani Army camp on Friday evening.
Seven Army personnel were swept away in the flash flood. While two of them were rescued, five others remain missing.
The missing personnel have been identified as Havaldar Upendar and Army personnel Kundan, Vinod, Aditya and Samunda.
Two search and rescue teams from the 5th Grenadiers have been deployed to trace the missing personnel.
Teams from the 58th Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), 62 RCC of the General Reserve Engineer Force, Arunachal Pradesh Police and local volunteers have also been rushed to the affected area to assist in the operation.
An SDRF team from Pasighat is also proceeding towards Anini to join the search and rescue efforts.
The search operation is underway.(NVI)
