Dharamshala, June 27 -- Five bodies have been recovered so far amid an ongoing search operation since several labourers were swept away by a flash flood in Manuni Khad, in the Khanyara area near Dharamshala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Officials said two bodies were recovered late Wednesday evening while three more were found on Thursday. Three persons are still missing while one, Loveli from Chamba, who fled to a nearby forest when the sudden flash flood occurred, has been rescued.

According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Sanjay of Fatehpur in Nurpur, Chain Singh (20), a resident of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir; Aditya Thakur (20) from Chamba district; Pradeep Verma (50) and Chandan Kumar (35), both from Utt...