Haldwani, Nov. 4 -- Two siblings were arrested in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar after the decomposed body of a 35-year-old lawyer and former municipal councillor, who had been missing for nearly two weeks, was recovered from a deep gorge near the Gomti River, police said on Wednesday.

The deceased, Dhirendra Parihar alias Kakku, a resident of Bagnath ward, had gone missing on October 17. His mother, Nandi Parihar, had lodged a complaint on October 31 stating that her son had left home for the Bageshwar market on the evening of October 17 but never returned.

Bageshwar Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Mehra said the police teams examined CCTV footage and analysed mobile phone records following the complaint. "Technical surveillance establ...