Search continues to trace missing boy
Source: Chronicle News Service
Noney, April 18 2022:
For the second consecutive day, search operation was carried out on Monday to retrieve body of the minor boy, who fell into the Khoupum dam on Sunday and is feared to be drowned.
A 25-member team of 12 Battalion NDRF including three divers led by Inspector Oinam Ajit Singh reached the accident spot on Monday morning joined the search along with SDRF personnel and the local youth.
Speaking to this daily, Inspector Ajit assured to continue the search till recovery of the body but conceded that divers are facing problems in reaching the base of the dam due to turbidity of water.
Meanwhile, HAC chairman D Gangmei, who is also the local MLA, went to the spot on Monday afternoon to oversee the rescue and search operation by NDRF and SDRF teams.