One more dead body recovered in Kerala’s Kottayam

Searches are now on to trace about nine others who have gone missing from the village

A day after the Koottickal village was hit by a series of landslides, the authorities on October 17 recovered one more dead body from the location, taking the total number of deaths to four.

The deceased was identified as Shallat, a 29-year-old native of Koottickal. During a search operation in the morning, the dead body was found among the debris. The deceased was not among the list of persons, who had been reported to have gone missing from the village the other day.

Searches are now on to trace about nine others, who have gone missing from the village in the landslides.