Three persons were killed after the car (HP 25 A 6113) they were travelling in plunged into the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. SouthAsians & DiasporaThe deceased have been identified as Chander Kumar, the driver, Amrit Singh, both residents of Sangla tehsil in Kinnaur, and Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Chachyot in Mandi district. A police team, along with Home Guards personnel and a district administration team, rushed to the spot and launched a search and rescue operation. After several hours, the rescue teams recovered all three bodies from the river. Kinnaur Superintendent of Police Sushil Kumar confirmed the incident and said a case has been registered and a probe is on.