Kargil: A massive search operation continued for the second day on Sunday to trace out the four persons who went missing after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident near Kaksar area of Drass in Kargil district late Friday evening, officials said.
They said the driver of the vehicle (JK16B-2015) heading from Drass to Kargil lost control over the wheel and the vehicle fell into the river Shingo near Kaksar area, about 22 kilometres from Kargil on Friday evening.
After the accident, police and NDRF rescue teams arrived at the scene of the accident and retrieved one body – that of Mushtaq Ahmad, a resident of Sumbal Kangan — from the water. Four other persons, said to be the residents of Doda working as labourers, are still missing and the search continued for them for the second day today.
