Tiruchirappalli, Nov. 12 -- The family of a man from Tiruchirappalli district, who went missing after a flash flood swept away eight people at a waterfall in Malaysia, has sought the Tamil Nadu government's urgent intervention to trace him and coordinate with Malaysian authorities for information about his whereabouts.

Durai Murugan, a resident of Karuppur village near Manapparai in Tiruchirappalli district, had been working at a private company in Malaysia for the past two-and-a-half years. He had reportedly gone on a trip to a waterfall with 17 friends during the Diwali holidays when the incident occurred.

According to the family, a sudden flash flood struck while the group was bathing at the waterfall, sweeping away eight people. Fiv...