With rains lashing the parts of Maharashtra the last few days, Latur is one of the districts that experienced devastating rainfall. During the early hours of Saturday, the bodies of five persons who were swept away amid heavy rains in Latur in Maharashtra were recovered after search operations. As reported by news agency PTI, the search operation lasted for almost 40 hours, officials said on Saturday.

Earlier on Tuesday morning, 27-year-old Sudershan Kerba Ghonshetty drowned in the Tirru River while returning from the fields. Later that day, five persons in an autorickshaw were swept away in strong currents as water gushed over a bridge in Jalkot taluka. Three of them were later rescued, while two others remained missing, they added, reported PTI.