A 36-year-old journalist, who had been missing for ten days, was found dead in a barrage in Uttarkashi.

Rajeev Pratap Singh, a well-known local journalist, ran a YouTube channel called Delhi Uttarakhand Live , covering civic issues and corruption. According to his wife Muskan, he was under constant threat for his recent reporting on the deplorable condition of a district hospital, uploaded on September 16.

On September 18, Rajeev was travelling in his friend’s car. “I tried calling him, but in vain. At 11:50 pm, I sent a message, and it went undelivered,” she told local media.

The following day, Rajeev’s family lodged a missing person complaint.

For the last few weeks, Uttarakhand has been reeling under very heavy rainfall. Around the same time, the mangled car was fished out from

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