A stringer of a Malayalam news channel and his car driver have reportedly gone missing as a country boat carrying them capsized in a lake near Vaikom in the district today, police said.
Mathrubhumi channel's Kottayam staff reporter K B Sreedharan and cameraman Abhilash, who were also in the boat, were rescued by local people in another boat, they said.
Police, firemen and local people have launched a search for the stringer, Saji and Bibin.
Sreedharan and Abhilash have been admitted to hospital, police said.
The mishap occurred as the scribes were returning after covering flood-related news in the district which is experiencing heavy rain.
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