Gangtok, May 31 -- Search and rescue operations for eight persons, including four women, who were missing after a tourist vehicle carrying 11 persons plunged into the river Teesta near Chubombu on May 29 night, was hampered today due to torrential rain and swelling of the river.
According to a list issued by the Sikkim government, the eight missing persons included four from Odisha, two each from Uttar Pradesh and Tripura.
Odisha Mahila Morcha leader Itishri Jena from Jajpur was in the list of the missing persons.
The accident occurred while they were heading to Lachung.
Their chances of survival are very less, sources said.
Out of the 11, while one body was recovered, two others were rescued and admitted to a hospital in Gangtok.
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