<p>Nahan (HP): The mutilated body of a youth was found in a deep snow-covered gorge along the Churdhar Trek in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>A team of local volunteers that spotted the body on Monday evening believe it to be that of Akshay Sahani (28), a resident of Panchkula in Haryana, who went missing on February 26, while trekking to the Churdhar peak on the occasion of Mahashivratri.</p>.<p>According to the volunteers from the Nohradhar area, the body was found near the statue of Lord Shiva, close to the last rest point on the trek.</p>.<p>No other trekker has been reported missing in the Churdhar region in recent months, they said.</p>.Explained | Why this New Zealand mountain is now recognised as a person by law.<p>Churdhar peak is one of the highest in the Shivalik ranges standing at an altitude of 11,965 feet located in Sirmaur district.</p>.<p>Sub divisional magistrate (SDM) Sangrah Sunil Kayath told PTI that the administration cannot confirm the identity of the body to be of the missing tourist from Haryana.</p>.MHA, Tourism Ministry in talks to allow satellite phones for trekkers in Jammu and Kashmir.<p>However his parents have been informed and they are on their way to Sangrah to identify the body, he said.</p>.<p>The body is being brought to Sangrah where post mortem and other scientific tests would be conducted to ascertain the identity and cause of death, he added.</p>.<p>Upon receiving information about the man's disappearance, on February 27 the district administration launched a search operation involving a five member State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police personnel led by a Station House Officer from Nohradhar police station.</p>.<p>However, extreme weather conditions hampered the search multiple times and the team ultimately failed to trace the missing youth.</p>.<p>On March 2, a team of professional trackers from the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali, was roped in, but they too were unsuccessful due to the extreme weather.</p>.<p>On Sunday, mountaineer Baljeet Kaur, who scaled the Mount Everest initiated a search in the Churdhar valley , but it was ultimately a group of volunteers from Nohradhar village and surrounding area who succeeded in locating the dead body in a deep snowy gorge. </p>
<p>Nahan (HP): The mutilated body of a youth was found in a deep snow-covered gorge along the Churdhar Trek in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>A team of local volunteers that spotted the body on Monday evening believe it to be that of Akshay Sahani (28), a resident of Panchkula in Haryana, who went missing on February 26, while trekking to the Churdhar peak on the occasion of Mahashivratri.</p>.<p>According to the volunteers from the Nohradhar area, the body was found near the statue of Lord Shiva, close to the last rest point on the trek.</p>.<p>No other trekker has been reported missing in the Churdhar region in recent months, they said.</p>.Explained | Why this New Zealand mountain is now recognised as a person by law.<p>Churdhar peak is one of the highest in the Shivalik ranges standing at an altitude of 11,965 feet located in Sirmaur district.</p>.<p>Sub divisional magistrate (SDM) Sangrah Sunil Kayath told PTI that the administration cannot confirm the identity of the body to be of the missing tourist from Haryana.</p>.MHA, Tourism Ministry in talks to allow satellite phones for trekkers in Jammu and Kashmir.<p>However his parents have been informed and they are on their way to Sangrah to identify the body, he said.</p>.<p>The body is being brought to Sangrah where post mortem and other scientific tests would be conducted to ascertain the identity and cause of death, he added.</p>.<p>Upon receiving information about the man's disappearance, on February 27 the district administration launched a search operation involving a five member State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police personnel led by a Station House Officer from Nohradhar police station.</p>.<p>However, extreme weather conditions hampered the search multiple times and the team ultimately failed to trace the missing youth.</p>.<p>On March 2, a team of professional trackers from the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali, was roped in, but they too were unsuccessful due to the extreme weather.</p>.<p>On Sunday, mountaineer Baljeet Kaur, who scaled the Mount Everest initiated a search in the Churdhar valley , but it was ultimately a group of volunteers from Nohradhar village and surrounding area who succeeded in locating the dead body in a deep snowy gorge. </p>