Mussoorie, June 12 -- A joint search operation involving the forest department, police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) continued for the second consecutive day on Thursday after a 48-year-old tourist from Haryana went missing in the world heritage site Valley of Flowers in Chamoli district.

The missing person has been identified as Gabbar Singh, son of Vikram Singh, a resident of Faridabad in Haryana. According to officials, he failed to return from his trek on Tuesday evening, prompting authorities to launch an extensive search and rescue operation.

Abhimanyu, divisional forest officer (DFO), Nanda Devi National Park, said that joint teams of SDRF, police and forest personnel have been deployed across the valley and adjoin...