Itanagar (PTI): Six bodies were retrieved on Friday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 people from Assam were travelling fell, police said.

The operation was initiated by a joint team of the NDRF and Army at the first light of day, Anjaw SP Anurag Dwivedi informed.

"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain. The gorge is very deep," he said.

Eighteen bodies have been spotted at the site, and the search for the remaining three missing would continue after the retrieval of these bodies, he said.

The operation to retrieve the rest of the bodies will resume on Saturday morning, he added.

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