{"id":263387,"date":"2022-07-13T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telugu360.com\/?p=263387"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:09:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:39:17","slug":"telugu-channel-scribe-washed-away-in-telangana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.telugu360.com\/telugu-channel-scribe-washed-away-in-telangana\/","title":{"rendered":"Telugu channel scribe washed away in Telangana"},"content":{"rendered":"
A journalist working for a Telugu news channel went missing after the car in which he was travelling along with his colleague was washed away in flood waters in Telangana’s Jagtial district.<\/p>\n
Zameeruddin, a journalist of NTV, along with his friend was returning to Jagtial after covering rescue of nine labourers stuck in Godavari flood waters by NDRF personnel at Bornapalli.<\/p>\n
Police said the car in which the duo were travelling was swept away by swirling water between Ramojipet and Bhupatipur villages in Raikal mandal late Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred when they tried to cross a flooded bridge over a stream. The vehicle fell off the road and was swept away in the flood water.<\/p>\n
While Lateef escaped by catching hold of a tree, Zameer went missing. Rescue teams launched a search for the missing scribe but he remained untraced till Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The local officials were using the service of expert swimmers for the search operation.<\/p>\n
Officials said flood intensity was hampering the search operation. Rescue teams traced the car and were trying to pull it out with the help of a crane.<\/p>\n
Lateef said he opened the car door but washed away in the flood current till he managed to catch hold of a tree. He was not sure if Zameer managed to come out or was stuck in the vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A journalist working for a Telugu news channel went missing after the car in which he was travelling along with his colleague was washed away in flood waters in Telangana’s Jagtial district. Zameeruddin, a journalist of NTV, along with his friend was returning to Jagtial after covering rescue of nine labourers stuck in Godavari flood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64361],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n