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On the firm’s website, Indyke describes himself as “a devoted husband and father of twin daughters” who volunteers with dog rescue shelters.

Sarker told the BBC: "Our main task at the moment is to assess casualties and damage. We are not yet seeing the challenge of rescue from the rubble or debris management at that level."

Police said that security agencies were "combing the forests with a view to rescue the abducted students".

"The joint search and rescue team has found seven deceased victims of the landslide disaster... With this discovery, the death toll has risen to 10, while 18 people are still being searched for," he said.

The group he was part of had tried to keep moving, but no-one came to rescue them, he said.