Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul and Chief Minister Harish Rawat expressed grief over the death of eight persons in Sunday’s road accident in Dharchula. Eight people, including two women and Pithoragarh CO Mahipal Singh, were killed when the jeep they were travelling in met an accident near Ghat in Pithoragarh. CO Mahipal Singh was remembered at a programme at police line, Dehradun where Principal Secretary Home MH Khan, DGP BS Sidhu, SSP Pushpak Jyoti and other police officers were present. Such a memorial was held too at district headquarters in Haridwar.