Dehradun

No clue on bodies of four feared drowned in Gori

PNS

Pithoragarh police are yet to trace the bodies of four persons feared drowned when the car they were in fell into Gori River near Baram around five kilometers away from Jauljivi in Pithoragarh district on September 22. Six persons were travelling in the car when the mishap occurred. Two bodies were recovered-one on the day of the accident and the other on September 26 from Tanakpur, Champawat around 60 kilometres downstream from the site of the incident (Jauljivi). It was identified as that of the car driver Jeevan Singh, resident of Garjiya, Dharchula.  But bodies of the four are yet to be recovered. The ill-fated car was traced near the site of the accident and efforts are on to drag it out of the river, said SP Pithoragarh Roshan lal Sharma. He further said that the bodies yet to be recovered are of Dilip Singh, resident of Basora, Mohammad Farukh, Aabid and Satish Singh, all residents of Dharchula.