Search for missing 41-yo indefinitely continues without a pause

Tuesday marks the sixth day since Nasrullah Abdulla, 41, went missing after a sea accident on 2 January, and authorities have assured that the search for him will indefinitely continue.

Providing the latest update on the matter on Tuesday, Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) confirmed that authorities have not given up and that the search will continue until he is found. Officers have assured the public that the search is ongoing without a pause and that they are using all resources within reach.

As such, a team of MNDF coastguard divers are active alongside a diving robot and a coastguard speedboat is also scanning the surface of the sea in the search.

While the search continues via air route as well, Abdulla has been missing since the sea accident was reported to authorities a little past 7pm on Thursday after a dinghy that set off from Dharavandhoo island of Baa atoll, collided into a speedboat that belongs to Eydhafushi in the same atoll.

While the dinghy is to have sunk after the collision, authorities are yet unsure where Abdulla went missing, however, they predicted him to have gone missing near a reef as they found fishing equipment and a few supplies on the dinghy at the time of the collision, afloat in the region.

Further, MNDF revealed to press that the search operation is facing complications as they cannot pinpoint an exact location he went missing.

MNDF has also appealed on the public to reach out if any information is attained, through toll free number 191.