Latest News | Delhi Couple Feared Drowned in Rishikesh

Dehradun, Jul 1 (PTI) A couple from Delhi were feared to have drowned in Ganga at Muni Ki Reti near Rishikesh on Monday, police said.

State Disaster Response Force divers have launched a search operation in the river but the couple has not been found yet, police said.

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According to police, the couple went to Neem Beach around 1 pm to bathe in the Ganga.

They disappeared in the waves after going a considerable distance in the river, police said quoting eyewitnesses.

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The man has been identified as Lovepreet (26), a resident of Sudarshan Park in West Delhi, and the woman as Neha Thakur (22) from Karol Bagh, they said.

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