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The assemblage of the 2nd tourer from Kerala, who drowned successful a high-altitude water successful Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang territory connected Friday, was recovered connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) morning.
Identified arsenic 26-year-old Madhav M., helium was portion of a Tawang-bound radical of 7 tourists. Police said helium drowned portion trying to rescue a chap tourer from drowning aft the bladed furniture of crystal connected the water cracked nether his weight.
Another tourist, identified arsenic Binu, died connected Friday (January 16, 2026) trying to assistance Madhav propulsion retired the 3rd person, who survived the ordeal astatine 13,700 feet.
Tawang Superintendent of Police D.W. Thongon said that a combined squad of territory police, State Disaster Response Force, Indian Army, Sashastra Seema Bal, and Indo-Tibetan Border Police retrieved Madhav’s assemblage from the frozen Sela Lake.
“After the post-mortem, the bodies were handed implicit to their friends and relatives. The bodies are being taken to Guwahati [more than 350 km away] by roadworthy and past perchance flown to Kerala for the past rites,” helium said, adding that the autopsy reports were expected successful 2 to 3 days.
A conveyance of the State’s Health Department was utilized to transport the bodies to Guwahati.
Mr. Thongon stated that the territory medication would constitute to the State authorities proposing to barricade the lake.
“Tourists go excited aft arriving astatine the scenic Sela. We often contented advisories, and determination are informing signboards advising them to enactment disconnected the frozen lake,” helium said.
The 5 remaining members of the radical of tourists were accommodated astatine the Army camps successful the area.
