Bajura, Nov. 1 -- year-old man who went missing while visiting the Badimalika religious site in Bajura has been found dead.

Manish Bohara, a resident of Daiji in Bedkot Municipality, Kanchanpur, had gone missing while visiting the pilgrimage site. Chief District Officer of Bajura Muktiram Rijal confirmed to Kantipur that Bohara was found dead near Triveni Patan in Badimalika.

A security team was deployed by helicopter from the district headquarters on Sunday morning to search for him. Rijal said continuous bad weather, snowfall and freezing temperatures may have caused his death.

A search team from the Ishwaribaks Battalion, based in Martadi, found Bohara's body near Triveni Patan, Rijal said. Authorities are making arrangements to air...