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“However, the rescue team has not found any body as of now,” Nighee said.
The labourers, natives of Assam, fled the remote road construction site at the India-China border on July 5 after they were denied leave to go home for Eid. In two-three groups they took off for their homes on foot through jungles, the officer said.
The labourers have been missing since then.
Of the eight people rescued, five were air-lifted by an IAF helicopter to Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun near Itanagar for treatment.
The rest were taken to the district hospital in Koloriang, Nighee said.
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The eight rescued labourers were identified as Khairul Islam (26), Majidul Ali (30), Monohar Hussain (18), Inamul Hussain (18), Jainal Ali (45), Hamidul Hussain, Abdul Amin and Ibrahim Ali.
“Rescue operations will continue till all the missing persons are rescued. At present, SDRF, police and local rescue teams are camping at Damin,” Nighee said.
The DC had earlier said that the body of one of the missing labourers was found in a river, but after the circle officer of Koloriang who visited Damin to take stock of the situation found no such body, he went back on his statement.
The project site is in Damin circle, about 200 km from Koloriang, the district headquarters.