The screen grab of a woman being rescued
A police team also visited the couple’s flat around 9.30pm on Wednesday, according to neighbours. The video circulating on social media has therefore offered hope without providing certainty as relatives, friends and neighbours wait anxiously, they have appealed to the administration to step up efforts to trace the missing tourists and ensure their safe return.
She also said reports claiming that her mother had been rescued were false. “We have contacted the West Bengal Police, but so far we have not received any information about my parents,” Ankita said, adding that the travel company had not provided adequate cooperation to the family. The team spoke to residents, tried to contact family members and provided helpline numbers. But by Thursday night, the family had received no official confirmation about the couple’s whereabouts.
Kolkata/Burdwan: A casual scroll through social media brought a glimmer of hope to a sleepless family on Thursday morning when a video showing a woman being rescued by volunteers in Nepal appeared to resemble one of the 35 tourists from Bengal who have been missing since the disaster.
The video shows the rescue operation and it shows a woman being rescued who resembles Moushumi,” Thakur said. But hours later, the family was still waiting for official confirmation. “My wife and I were awake all night waiting for updates. In the morning, she saw a YouTube video.