The bodies of a young woman and a man were discovered in the stream of the laduagad waterfall at Dhamola here on Tuesday. According to the villagers, the duo had arrived here on a motorcycle from Udham Singh Nagar on Monday. When they did not return to their vehicle in the evening, the villagers informed the police. The police reached the site but did not find them after conducting a search. The police left with the motorcycle. On Tuesday morning, a villager spotted the body of a young woman in the stream and informed the police.
The police recovered the body and later on ascertaining that she was accompanied by a man, conducted search in the area and succeeded in recovering the body of the male in the afternoon from the stream. The male has been identified as Rudrapur resident Tapeshwar Sahni while the female has been identified as Kathgodam resident Vimla Sothiyal.
The police sent both the bodies for post mortem examination while also informing the families of the deceased.The Kotabagh police post in charge Khim Singh Adhikari said that prima facie it seems that the duo must have drowned after being swept away by the strong current. However, the exact cause of the death will become clearer after the post-mortem examination report is received.