India, May 16 -- A months-long mystery surrounding skeletal remains recovered from Uttar Pradesh's Hathnikund Barrage has finally been solved, with DNA matching confirming that the victim was a 22-year-old Uttarakhand woman, who had gone missing last year and was allegedly murdered by a man who was "harassing" her.

The breakthrough came after forensic experts matched the skeletal remains with Riya Kashyap, a resident of the Jeevangarh area in Dehradun's Vikasnagar, bringing closure to a case that had remained unresolved for months. According to police, a woman's torso was recovered from the Hathnikund Barrage on October 16, 2025. However, due to the highly decomposed condition of the body, investigators were unable to establish the victi...