The parents of 16 students, who have been camping in Mandi in
Himachal Pradesh to take back the bodies of their children, gave up
hopes on Saturday after the special search operation to trace them
yielded no results. They would return to the city on Sunday. The grief-stricken parents flew to Himachal Pradesh immediately on hearing the tragic news. The
representatives of AP and Telangana governments told Express over phone
that the parents have requested them to make arrangements for them to
reach Hyderabad. The parents will fly back to Hyderabad on Sunday, they
said. Meanwhile, an assistant commissioner of police (ACP),
Petbasheerabad, M Srinivasa Rao, who went to Mandi to take part in the
rescue operations, collapsed here on Saturday. He was immediately
shifted to a hospital nearby and is reported to be stable. Cyberabad
police team is also likely to return to the city on Sunday. Additional
Director General of Police and an ace swimmer Rajiv Trivedi, who is
camping in Mandi, along with his team told Express over phone that he
and his team have participated in the search operations. ‘’The rescue
team focused on the three-km stretch of the river towards the Pongh dam
on Saturday,’ Trivedi said.
By Mouli Mareedu
moulimareedu@gmail.com
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