Hyderabad: Amid heavy monsoon rains, a 40-year-old person has been reported missing after he was washed away in the Musi River at Shankar Nagar locality in Old Malakpet, Hyderabad, on Thursday, August 28.

Saleem Qureshi, a resident of Shankar Nagar, is reportedly feared dead.

On information from his family, the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams reached the spot and started efforts to trace him.

The rescue operation went on till evening but there was no sign of of Saleem.