A youth drowned and 5 others went missing in a flash flood in river Ghaggar in Burj Kutia area in Haryana's Panchkula district today, police said.
Eight youths, celebrating a party, entered the river and were swept away in the flash flood, triggered by heavy rains in neighbouring Himachal, Panchkula Deputy Commissioner S S Phulia said.
Body of a youth was recovered while farmers rescued two others, he said.
Five youths were still missing and the district administration had sought Army's help to trace them, the DC said.
