Nepal

Youth goes missing in Seti gorge

Youth goes missing in Seti gorge

By RISHI RAM BARAL

Personnel from Kalibhanjan Battalion of Nepal Army conduct a controlled blast to break a rock that fell onto the riverbed during the magnitude-6.8 aftershock on May 12, in Seti River near the KI Singh Bridge in Pokhara of Kaski, on Sunday, June 14, 2015. The rock was likely to obstruct flow of the river, if kept intact, according to security personnel. Photo: Bharat Koirala

POKHARA: A youth has gone missing in the Seti River in Pokhara since Tuesday evening. Bhishma Raj Joshi (20), a BSc First Semester student at the Institute of Forestry of Tribhuvan University, had fallen into the gorge at around 7 pm yesterday. A permanent resident of Attariya in Kailali district, Joshi had fallen into the River while capturing some photographs, DSP Govinda Adhikari of the District Police Office said. He was accompanied by his hostel friend Ashok Bhandari of Chitwan. Bhandari had promptly informed the incident to the campus hostel. Then, police had swung into the search operation, but to no avail. People visiting the site are still unsafe despite the barricade in busy hubs of the city. Police said they are looking into the case and search is underway.