English Channel Swimmer Rajiv Trivedi, IPS Joins Search Operations In River Beas

Clearly worried about the 16 unfound bodies of students in the Beas River, Telangana deputed ace swimmer, senior IPS officer & it’s Octopus Chief Rajiv Trivedi to Mandi in Himachal Pradesh to join the search operations. Trivedi is the fastest swimmer across the Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka. He has been the key force behind retrieving the bodies of 36 Greyhounds commandos killed by Maoists in the Balimela ambush on the Andhra-Odisha border (AOB) in 2006. He also swam the Strait of Gibraltar and the English Channel in 2001. Some swimmers from Telangana police are joining Trivedi in the search operations.

Sending Trivedi shows Telangana’s desperation to bring a closure to the suffering of the parents who have been waiting to hear or see their loved ones. 6 days after the tragedy, only 8 bodies out of the 24 are found. Already, Telangana home minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy and MPs from Telangana including TRS LS leader Jithender Reddy, Deputy leader Vinod Kumar are monitoring the search efforts of NDRF, ITBP and Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB). After speaking to Rajnath Singh, Vinod Kumar got the NDRF chief Mahaboob Ali to flew with them to the spot and personally oversee the operations. The defense ministry has also issued instructions to Navy personnel to take up search operations at the spot. The operations temporarily were suspended due to heavy rains that have left helicopters inoperable.