It continues this Wednesday Search for young Catalan girl who disappeared in Nepal since last Sunday. The Spanish tourist was hiking with her companion, whose lifeless body was found this Tuesday on the banks of a river in Pokhara.
On Wednesday, rescue teams resumed the search for the young woman with the help of divers in the Bhurungdi River, where they found the body of her companion and believe that the woman could also be found. The main hypothesis of the Nepalese police is that the couple He had an accident while trying to take a photo near a waterfall.
This theory became the main one when authorities found the couple’s backpacks and passports, as well as a mobile phone. Local media reported that the tourists had booked a trek to Ghorepani around 10:30 a.m., but decided to take an older route.
“We suspect that the tourists could have been washed away by the Bhurungdi River. “They may have inadvertently ventured onto the old trail, which is known to be dangerous, especially during the monsoon season when the river water level rises,” Bharat Man, spokesperson for Annapurna Rural Municipality, said, taking over “Nepal Wilderness Trekking”.
The Spanish, Eric Soler And Mercè MolasThe couple, aged 36 and 31 respectively, were trekking in the Annapurna, one of the country’s most popular trekking activities, during their trip to Nepal. It was the family of one of them who reported him missing after failing to contact the couple last Sunday.
The family is in contact with the Spanish embassy in New Delhi, India, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also working on the case. Meanwhile, police, a rescue team and some local residents are scouring the area for Mercè while preparations are underway to send Eric’s body to Pokhara, Nepal’s second most populous city.
