The body of Anita Dangwal, who had been missing since she was swept away by a flash flood in Maroda village following heavy rainfall on Monday, was recovered floating in the Nayar River in Pauri district on Wednesday morning. Satpuli police reached the site after receiving report about a woman’s body being found floating in the river.
The Pauri district senior superintendent of police Nivedita Kukreti Kumar said that the deceased woman’s husband Parmendra Singh Dangwal was taken to the spot to identify the body where he positively identified the body as that of his wife.
It is pertinent to mention here that a search operation by six police personnel along with other men had been conducted for two days without any success. The woman’s body was reportedly swept away by the strong water current which carried it all the way to the Nayar river at Banghat.
The Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt said that after the post- mortem is conducted, the body would be handed over to the family members of the deceased.