Family of sinkhole victim returned home to India on Sunday night

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The family of the victim in the sinkhole incident in Jalan Masjid India left for India on Sunday night (Aug 1) after the operation on search and rescue (SAR) was called off and entered the search and recovery phase, last Saturday.  Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Sulizme Affendy Sulaiman said the victim's husband and son left for home via Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The family of 48-year-old G Vijaya Lakshmi, who tragically fell into the Jalan Masjid

00:07India sinkhole on August 23, have returned to India after the search-and-rescue operation

00:13was called off and entered the search-and-recovery phase.

00:16Dangwangi District Police Chief ACP Sulizme Afendi Sulaiman told Bernama that the victim's

00:24husband and son left on a flight on Sunday night.

00:28Both of them had been at the site of the incident throughout the search-and-rescue

00:32operation.

00:33They were seen conducting a final religious ceremony at the site before returning to India.

00:39Vijaya Lakshmi, from Kupam, Andhra Pradesh, had come to Malaysia with her husband and

00:44several friends about two months ago for a vacation and were due to return home on August

00:5024.

00:52She was reportedly heading towards a nearby temple when she was swallowed by the eight-metre

00:57deep sinkhole.

00:58Despite extensive search efforts, including the use of sniffer dogs and scuba units, the

01:04search-and-rescue team was unable to locate her.

01:08Federal Territories Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said a proposal to compensate the victim's

01:14family will be discussed at the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

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