15 bodies found floating in Ganga in different parts of UP

At least 15 bodies were found floating in Ganga in different districts of Uttar Pradesh including Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr and Bijnore, a senior official said on Tuesday.

The district authorities have recovered the bodies and sent them for postmortem, Surinder Kumar Singh, District Magistrate said in Muzaffarnagar. Four bodies coming from flood affected Uttarakhand were recovered in Muzaffarnagar, five in Bijnore and six bodies in Bulandshahr, he said.

Meanwhile heavy rains have been reported in the district.