Srinagar, July 30 -- Identified as Jagdev Singh (37) and Sanjay Kumar (39), both residents of Ghordi village in Udhampur, the teachers were travelling on a motorcycle near Nathatop when they were caught in a surging mountain stream. The duo had travelled to Kud to attend a three-day training course at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). After attending the first session, they set off for home in the evening amid heavy downpours but never made it.

Their bodies were recovered nearly 300 metres downstream on Wednesday morning after a villager spotted their motorcycle abandoned on the roadside near Jalebi Morh, prompting an immediate rescue operation.

In the wake of continued inclement weather, authorities in Udhampur h...