Body of girl from Mumbai city who drowned in Ganga found

Haridwar: The body of a 21-year-old student of Thakur Polytechnic, Kandivli (east), Madhushree Khursange, who was swept away in the Ganga at Rishikesh last week was found on Saturday. Two of her friends, who also got swept away in the river, remain missing, said the police.
KM Singh Bhandari, station house officer of Muni-ki-Reti police station, told TOI, “The girl’s body was found in the middle of the Ganga in the Gauri Mafi region of Raiwala. Our teams are searching for the other two — Apoorva Kelkar and Melroy Dante — both from Mumbai — who were also swept away.”
The three were part of a five-member group — all students of the same institue — that had gone to Rishikesh on a vacation on August 1. On August 4, three of them went for a swim, the other two — Nisha Goswami and Karan Mishra — stayed on the banks.
“It happened so fast. Apoorva had waded deep into the water and slipped. The other two swam towards her and in minutes, all were caught in strong currents and disappeared. We couldn’t do anything as there was no one at the spot,” Karantold the police.