Jogulamba Gadwal (Telangana): A 36-year-old woman on Saturday went missing after a car she was travelling in, got swept away in an overflowing water stream near Kalugotla village in Telangana's Jogulamba Gadwal district, police said.
Two other persons who were travelling in the same car were rescued.
"A car going to Hyderabad was passing near Kalugotla village in Jogulamba Gadwal district when it got swept away in an overflowing water stream. The driver could not assess the current of the stream and continued to cross it, leading to this incident," Alampur Sub Inspector (SI) Madhusudan Reddy said.
"Police rescued two persons who were travelling in the same vehicle but one woman named Sindhu Reddy is missing. Ten deep divers were deployed by police but they could not trace the woman. The rescue operation will continue on Sunday," Reddy said.
In another incident, a woman lost her life on Saturday after the auto-rickshaw she was travelling in, got washed away after getting caught up in an overflowing water stream following heavy rains in Telangana's Nalgonda district, police said.
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According to the police, the deceased woman has been identified as Ramulamma.
The stream overflowed after continuous rainfall for two days in the district. Transportation between the villages got affected as the Musi river in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district was flooded.
The water flow is high near Nalgonda district, Devarakonda constituency, Chintapalli mandal and Kistarampally village.
T Anand Reddy, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Devarakonda, said, "An auto got caught up in an overflowing water stream. A woman who was travelling in that auto died on the spot."
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Inputs from ANI
