Amid heavy rainfall, five of NRI family go missing in Himachal

The missing persons have been identified as -- Tanvir Mehandi, 49, his wife Shabana Parveen, 45, Fatima Tanvir, 16, and Amaan Abbas, 15.

MEERUT Qatar-returned four members of a family along with one of their relatives have gone missing while vacationing in Himachal Pradesh, which has been witnessing intense rainfall and flash floods over the past week. According to their relatives based in Muzaffarnagar, the five people -- including two minors -- have been missing for the last two days.

Rain fury in Himachal (Twitter)

The missing persons have been identified as -- Tanvir Mehandi, 49, his wife Shabana Parveen, 45, Fatima Tanvir, 16, and Amaan Abbas, 15. They had come from Qatar for a vacation. Along with them, their Muzaffarnagar-based relative, Dr Zaid Mohammad, 22, has also gone missing.

Another one of their relatives, Shajad Nabi, has told officials that the five members of the family left Muzaffarnagar for vacationing in Kullu and Manali on July 5. However, they have been inaccessible since July 9 in the wake of the heavy damage being caused in the hill state due to above-normal rainfall.

In a bid to expedite their search, the district administration of Muzaffarnagar has written a letter to the district magistrate of Kullu and sought his assistance in tracing the missing family members.