Jowai, May 19: The body of a person from Rajasthan identified as Monu Mahariya, who was drowned in Moopun waterfalls at Mutong village on Sunday afternoon while going for a picnic along with his friends, was spotted floating in the water on Thursday morning.
The body was retrieved and sent to Khliehriat Community Health Centre (CHC) for post-mortem.
The deceased, an employee of a hardware store at Mooralong Jowai, had gone to Mutong village along with his friends in a group of around twelve. On reaching the waterfalls some of them decided to take a bath and Mahariya was drowned in the process.
It may be mentioned that Moopun waterfalls is a well-known tourist spot in East Jaintia Hills which attracts people from several places even outside the state.
