SHILLONG: The decomposed body of a Hungarian tourist, who had been missing for nearly a fortnight, was found in a forest in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district, police said on Friday.The tourist, identified as Zolt Puskas, was on his way to the renowned double-decker root bridge at Nongriat, located 20 km south of Sohra town, a senior police officer said.His decomposed body was recovered on Thursday from a remote forested area near Ramdait village, along the trail leading to Nongriat.The Hungarian Embassy had filed a missing complaint on 29 March, and an FIR was registered on 2 April. A search and rescue operation was subsequently launched with the help of local villagers and members of social organisations, the officer said.Puskas had checked into a hotel in Shillong on the morning of 29 March and checked out by 9 am. He then proceeded to Sohra in a local taxi, the officer said.The taxi reportedly dropped him at Mawsahew village, from where he continued alone, carrying just a backpack, towards Nongriat via Mawkawir. He was not accompanied by a tourist guide.“On Thursday afternoon, police recovered his body in a decomposed state in a forest in the Ramdait area,” the officer said, adding that preliminary investigation suggests he may have slipped and fallen to his death.A thorough investigation into the incident is underway, he added.
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