UP min daughter’s body fished out from Ganga barrage

The body of UP minister Shahid Manzoor’s daughter Abida, who was feared drowned in the Ganga in Rishikesh, was fished out on Thursday – 11 days after she was drowned.

The body was recovered from barrage area, 14 km from the scene of the incident, Laxmanjhula police station in-charge Amarjeet Singh. “It is 11 days since the mishap took place and the body is in a state of decay. It will be handed over to the girl’s <g data-gr-id="14">kin</g> without a post-mortem,” he said. Army divers, NDRF, SDRF and police personnel carried out the search operation. Abida (24), <g data-gr-id="11">student</g> at Meerut-based Subharti Medical College, had gone with her friends to Rishikesh and was washed away in the strong current after fell into the river during rafting on May 10.