Meghalaya’s State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) today located two bodies believed to be the occupants of the car they had retrieved yesterday from flood water at Dalu Sonagre junction under Barengapara PS.
The body of an adult male and that of a minor boy was located by the SDRF today in the morning following a search operation which had commenced since yesterday following the retrieval of the vehicle bearing West Bengal registration plates (WB 06 7718, Wagon R).
The SDRF had first located the body of the adult male identified as Lt shri Bijoy S Sangma, 44 Years old at 10:19 AM from the paddy fields and the body of the minor identified as 13 years old Lt Wian Chigado R Marak was recovered at approximately 10:48 AM, a few meters away from where the body of the father was recovered. Both were residents Rongkhon Songgital, Tura.
The SDRF team has been stationed in flood hit Dalu area since Friday following flash floods due to heavy rainfall.
