Two tourists missing amid heavy snowfall in Badimalika

BAJURA: Two tourists who had travelled to the Badimalika religious and tourist destination in Bajura have gone missing following heavy snowfall and rainfall in the area.

According to Naresh Bahadur Shahi, information officer at the District Police Office and a police inspector, the missing tourists have been identified as 20-year-old Manish Bohara of Bedkot Municipality, Kanchanpur, and 21-year-old Sagar Karki of Krishnapur Municipality-2, Kanchanpur.

A group of five people had left the district headquarters, Martadi, for Badimalika on October 26. Three members of the group have already returned, while the other two remain missing, Shahi said.