Darchula, May 11 -- Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a girl who had been missing following an avalanche in Darchula on May 2.

The body of a 15-year-old girl, who was one of the five people buried in the avalanche that occurred in the Byas Rural Municipality, was recovered on Wednesday evening.

Police personnel from the Armed Police Force No.50 and Sitapul Police Station had been actively searching for the missing person.

The body of the Jorayal Rural Municipality-2 local was found some 200 metres from the spot where police had earlier recovered the bodies of four victims.

According to District Police Office information officer Gyanendra Bahadur Singh, the victim's body has been brought to Khalanga district headquarters on Thu...