Eight Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia have been missing since five days following a confrontation with knife wielding group of Tamil individuals.

A relative of one of the eight missing persons Nirendra Yadav of Rampura Malhaniya in Hanuman nagar Kankalini Municipality-14, Saptari district, Baidyanath Yadav informed that the Tamil group, on August 29, attacked the Nepali group after Nirendra and other Nepalis living in a rented room in Kantar, Malaysia returned from a discotheque after complaining about the loud noise that was disturbing their sleep.

As per Baidyanath, the missing Nepalis include, Nirendra, two each from Sarlahi and Sunsari and 3 from Mahottari.

Baidyanath has made a plea to the Foreign Ministry to find the whereabouts of the missing Nepalis.