The 36-year-old, employed at an engineering company in Selangor, went missing after leaving for a picnic with friends during the Diwali holiday
The family of a 36-year-old man from Tamil Nadu has appealed to the state and Central governments to help trace him after he went missing during a flash flood in Malaysia’s Selangor state.
The missing man, identified as C Duraimurugan, is a native of Karuppur village near Manapparai in Trichy district. He had travelled to Malaysia in May 2026 on a work permit and was employed at Gentroll Engineering and Trading, an engineering company in the Seri Kembangan area.
According to his family, Duraimurugan stayed back at his workplace during the Diwali holidays instead of travelling to India. On November 9, the morning after Diwali, he called his wife, R Sangeetha, at around 6.30 am Indian time and told her that he was heading to a picnic spot with friends.
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The group was reportedly travelling to Sungai Pertak in Selangor
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Duraimurugan had promised to call his wife after returning to his accommodation that evening
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However, his mobile phone has remained unreachable since then
The family subsequently received information from a contact in Malaysia that a group of 11 people had gone on the excursion. While three reportedly managed to escape, five were killed in a flash flood near a waterfall. The whereabouts of the remaining three, including Duraimurugan, were still uncertain, according to the family.
His relatives have approached the Trichy district administration, requesting assistance through diplomatic channels. They have urged the Tamil Nadu government to coordinate with the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian diplomatic mission in Malaysia and local authorities to establish his whereabouts.
The family has also expressed concern over the absence of any official communication from his Malaysian employer regarding the incident.
The latest update from Malaysian authorities on November 13 said that the body of a seventh victim, an adult Indian national, had been recovered, leaving one person still unaccounted for. Authorities had not publicly confirmed whether the recovered victim was Duraimurugan.
