Doti, Aug 3

Among the two health workers in Doti district who had gone missing in Seti River on August 1, the dead body of one has been retrieved. According to the District Police Office, Doti, Janakraj Pandey, the dead body was of Harish Joshi of Parshuram Municipality in Dadheldhura district.

Joshi was working as a health assistant at Dadheldhura Sub-Regional Hospital. Joshi’s body was found at Buwatada of KI Singh Rural Municipality-5 in Doti.

It has been sent to District Hospital in Doti for post-mortem examination. Binaya Bahadur Singh, health assistant, of Bajhang district, and Joshi had been to Seti River at Banidungrisain at Sikhar Municipality to swim and bathe while returning from Shaileshwori Temple in Doti.

However, Binaya is still missing and police have been launching search operation for Singh.