Beas tragedy: One more body of a student recovered

June 18, 2014 19:18

One more body of a student was recovered from Beas river today eleven days after 25 persons, including 24 students from a Hyderabad engineering college, were swept away in the river.

The deceased has been identified as P Venkata Durga Tarun, Mandi SP, R S Negi said.

Nine bodies have been recovered so far and fifteen students, including three girls and co-tour leader Prahlad, are still missing.

The swollen body floating in the river was spotted by rescue team members, who fished it out of the river.

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