The missing persons were identified as Rahul from VPO Chanouta Dehra and Sahil Kuthiyal from Rajgarh Dehra, both hailing from the Kangra district Himachal Pradesh: Two Boys Feared Drowned In Beas River in Kangra.
Eight persons died during a flash flood that hit the Mal River at Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal on Wednesday evening District Magistrate Moumita Godara Basu said.
The incident took place around 8.30 pm on Wednesday when hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the Mal river to participate in the immersion ceremony on Vijayadashami.
A 15-year-old boy in the Sikandra Police Station area and two youths aged 19 years and 22 years in the New Agra Police Station area drowned in the Yamuna river during Durga idol immersion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to a mishap during Durga Puja festivities in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.