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Itanagar, July 29: Bodies of five Assam labourers, who were among the 19 missing from a road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh's Kurung Kumey district for a fortnight, were found in a dense forest, a senior district official said on Friday. Rescue teams have found the five decomposed bodies in the dense forest between Huri and Tapa in the last couple of days, Kurung Kumey Deputy Commissioner Nighee Bengia said. The bodies were found in different locations and on different dates - one on July 25, three on July 26...

Itanagar, July 23: Seven of the 19 labourers who went missing from a road construction site in Arunachal Pradesh were found in a forest area, a senior officer said on Saturday. The seven labourers were found in a forest near Huri village in Damin of Kurung Kumey district on Friday night, deputy commissioner Nighee Bengia said. "Their health conditions are not good and medical assistance is being provided. Their families have been informed. The search is on for the other 12 labourers," he said. The labourers, natives of Assam, fled...