The family has urged the Tamil Nadu government to coordinate with the Indian diplomatic mission in Malaysia and local authorities to trace Durai Murugan and the other missing persons.
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI: The family of a man from Tiruchirappalli district, who went missing after a flash flood swept away eight people at a waterfall in Malaysia, has urged the Tamil Nadu government to intervene urgently. They have sought the government’s help in coordinating with Malaysian authorities to trace him and obtain information about his whereabouts.
The family said it was yet to receive any confirmed information about their fate. With no confirmed information about his whereabouts, his wife approached the Tiruchirappalli district collector and submitted a petition seeking immediate government intervention.
A sudden flash flood swept through the waterfall while the group was bathing, carrying away eight people, according to the family. Kaviyakkannan, a relative of the missing man, said that the family had appealed to the district collector to take up the matter with the authorities in Chennai and the Indian diplomatic mission in Malaysia. We appeal to the government to take all necessary steps to trace him,” he said.
Five bodies have reportedly been recovered, while three people, including Durai Murugan, remain missing. “We request the Tamil Nadu government to intervene urgently, coordinate with the Malaysian authorities and ascertain whether Durai Murugan is alive or missing. The family has urged the Tamil Nadu government to coordinate with the Indian diplomatic mission in Malaysia and local authorities to trace Durai Murugan and the other missing persons.