India, Sept. 28 -- Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Sunday recovered the body of a local journalist from the Joshiyara barrage on the Bhagirathi river in Uttarkashi district.

The deceased, identified as Rajiv Pratap (36), ran a YouTube channel named 'Delhi Uttarakhand Live' and had been missing since September 18.

His uncle Kripal Singhh had registered an FIR at the Uttarkashi police station on September 20 under Section 140(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (kidnapping or abduction with intent to secretly and wrongfully confine a person).

Singh said Pratap was a well-known journalist who had taken his friend Soban Singh's Alto car on September 18 and headed towards Gangor...