Bengaluru, Oct. 9 -- Six members of a family are suspected to have been killed after they were swept away by strong currents while swimming in the Markonahali Dam near Yadiyur in Kunigal taluk, Tumakuru district, police said.

Four bodies- that of Sajia (23), Arbin (26), Tabassum (45) and Mahib (1) and have been recovered so far, they said, adding that 44-year-old Shabnam and 4-year-old Mifra were still missing.

The sole survivor of the accident, Nawaz (45), was rescued in a critical condition and is receiving treatment at a private hospital in Tumakuru, said police.

Officials said that intensive search operations were currently underway in full swing to locate the remaining members of the family.

The family lived in Tumakuru city and ...