Sri Lanka blasts: On vacation, 7 JDS workers missing since Easter tragedy, 2 confirmed dead6Photo© hindustantimes.com

Sri Lanka blasts: On vacation, 7 JDS workers missing since Easter tragedy, 2 confirmed dead

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Seven Janata Dal (Secular) leaders from Karnataka were on vacation in Colombo and are yet to contact their families after Sunday’s serial blasts in the Sri Lankan capital that killed 290 people, including 5 Indians, and injured more than 500.

Confirming the presence of the JD-S team in Lanka, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy tweeted: “Iam shocked to hear that a 7-member team of JDS workers from Karnataka, who were touring Colombo,has gone missing after the bomb blasts in #colombo. Two of them are feared killed in the terror strike. I’am in constant touch with the Indian High Commission on the reports of those missing.”

TV channels reported that most the leaders were from Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka. They had left for a vacation after campaigning in the constituency.