Shimla, March 12 -- A mutilated body of a man was found in a snow-covered gorge along the Churdhar Trek in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Tuesday.

The body was found on Monday evening by a group of three local volunteers from the Nohradhar area near Churdhar peak and is suspected to be of Akshay Sahani, a 28-year-old Haryana resident who went missing while trekking at the site on February 26. No other trekker has been reported missing in the recent days, officials said.

"We received information about a severely mutilated body found at Churdhar by three local men. We will officially identify him after a thorough investigation. Due to heavy snow, the body could not be retrieved yesterday, but a joint team is worki...