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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Last call, then silence: Thane father awaits news of son missing after Nepal flash floods

Thane: The last phone call of his 28-year-old son still echoes in his father's mind, a reminder of his excitement to start his journey to Kailash Mansarovar just hours before flash floods in Nepal cut off all contact with his family in Maharashtra's Thane district.

Abhishek Ghone, a Kalyan resident working for a travel booking portal, had left for Kathmandu on August 24 and called home late Tuesday night to inform his family that his group would begin the journey early the next morning, shortly before the flash floods swept through Rasuwa and other parts of central Nepal on Wednesday.

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