MUSCAT:A 28-day-old baby boy, his two-year-old brother and four-year-old sister are among the missing members of an Indian family whose car was swept away in a flooded wadi, Times of Oman has reported.
The entire extended family – except for dad Sardar Fazal Ahmed – are feared dead after a day trip to a scenic wadi ended in tragedy.
Sardar, a pharmacist who has been working in Oman for two years, managed to grab a palm tree branch and pull himself out of the fast-flowing waters in Wadi Bani Khalid, near Ibra.
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His parents, Khan and Shabana, his wife Arshi, daughter Sidra, 4, son Zaid, 2, and newborn infant son Nooh, were all swept away.
His parents had flown from India to join him in Oman, after the birth of his baby boy and were due to fly home today. Rescue teams have located the mangled wreckage of the hire car they drove to Wadi Bani Khalid.
Until now, there has been no trace of Sardar’s family. Dedicated rescue teams are searching day and night, but with every passing hour hopes are fading that the family will be found safe.
Meanwhile, PACDA has said that they had searched for the missing people last night but as time went on, the search was discontinued and resumed early in the morning due to visibility concerns.”
The spokesman added that the missing family’s vehicle was “dragged away in Wadi al Wudd in the Wilayat of Wadi Bani Khalid.
A PACDA spokesman warned all residents and citizens to stay indoors, and not to travel until the current weather system passes.
