Teams of Army and police today fished out 25 bodies from the Gambhir river while searches were on to find the remaining 38 passengers of the ill-fated bus which was carrying a marriage party and was washed away in the surging waters of the river yesterday in Rajouri district.
Earlier, the authorities said that there were a total of 50 people in the bus, however, kin and the villagers today claimed that over 63 passengers including the bride and the groom were on the bus, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Rajouri, Mubasir Lattifee said tonight.
"The bodies of 25 passengers have been found from flooded Gambir Nallah," the SSP said, adding of these, 15 were recovered from the bus and 10 bodies were recovered from the river.
According to the sarpanch and residents of the village from where the marriage party belonged, there were over 63 people, including children, on board when the bus was washed away in flash floods.
"We have put up nets at different places to fish out the remaining bodies," he said.
The bus was washed away in the flash floods in the Gambhir river when it was crossing the Laam-Darhal-Moushera Road.
An Army unit, which immediately reached the spot after the mishap, rescued four people who had jumped off the bus, he said, adding that those rescued include the driver and conductor of the bus.
The Army had immediately rushed a rescue column with specialist engineering staff, recovery vehicle, medical van to retrieve individuals almost all of whom are feared dead, the officer said in a statement here, yesterday.
Saturday 6 September 2014
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