Hyderabad

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 colleague Lateef was returning to Jagtial after covering the rescue of nine labourers stuck in Godavari flood waters by National Defence Rescue Force (NDRF) personnel.

Police said the car in which the duo were travelling was swept away by swirling water between Ramojipet and Bhupatipur villages in Raikal mandal on Tuesday.  

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.

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.

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The local officials were using the service of expert swimmers for the search operation.