Overview

• Kaushalendra Pratap Singh (29) and his wife Ankita Singh (26) were among nine people—including seven tourists from Uttar Pradesh, Tripura and Odisha and a local driver—who went missing when their vehicle plunged into the Teesta River on May 29.
• Rescue operations led by the SDRF, NDRF, ITBP and Sikkim Police have been underway since the incident, with teams searching riverbanks and extending downstream to Chungthang.
• Persistent heavy rain and multiple landslides have obstructed roads and disrupted communications, forcing crews to clear boulders and debris before advancing their search.
• As of June 11, no bodies or survivors have been located and family members of the missing have met senior officers, including DIG Akshay Sachdeva, for updates on the operation.
• Officials recovered the group’s belongings from their hotel in Mangan district but have found no conclusive evidence to confirm whether they drowned.