Overview
- A trekker from Noida did not return to the trail base after separating from a porter on the Pindari Glacier route, prompting the Kapkot police to seek SDRF assistance.
- State Disaster Response Force teams, local police and forest personnel have mounted a multi‑agency search that includes drones, ground patrols and technical rope descents into suspected gullies.
- Rescuers recovered the missing man's camera on the banks of the Pindar River, and teams have concentrated searches along roughly a 9‑km radius around the river and nearby forested stretches.
- Operations were paused for bad weather and resumed when conditions eased, with heavy rain and the glacier’s steep, inaccessible terrain repeatedly hampering sustained search work.
- Reports use two different given names for the missing person, creating an unresolved identity discrepancy as the active search continues and authorities follow leads from recovered items.