India, June 3 -- A multi-agency search for a 24-year-old trekker from Uttarakhand's Ramnagar, who went missing while camping on a meadow trek in Uttarkashi, entered its fifth day on Wednesday.

Officials said Babita Pandey, an MBA student, and her two friends were camping on the Dayara Bugyal trek route when she disappeared around midnight on May 29.

Uttarkashi district magistrate Prashant Arya said the Pandey's friends informed authorities about her disappearance on May 30 after initially searching for her themselves. "They told us that she stepped out of the tent around midnight and did not return. When they woke up the next morning and could not locate her, they searched the area before reporting the matter to the police on May 30." ...