Haldwani, Aug. 8 -- A 48-year-old Kshetra Panchayat or Block Development Committee (BDC) member was found dead on the banks of the Kheerganga river near Kapkot in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district on Saturday morning, police said.

Police identified the deceased as Tara Singh Koranga, a resident of Jalekh village.

Koranga was a sitting Kshetra Panchayat member from the Gadera area. His family lived in Jalekh, while he stayed alone in a house near the Kheerganga river, police officers said.

The incident came to light on Saturday morning when a three-year-old girl from a neighbouring house noticed Koranga from her veranda. She alerted her mother, who informed other neighbours.

"We received information from Kapkot police station in the mor...