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Delhi-based software engineers killed after falling into gorge

The duo were part of a group which came to visit Rishikesh on Saturday.

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Two software engineers from New Delhi were killed after they fell into a gorge at Foolchatti in Pauri district,police said Monday.

The bodies of Punit Ojha (25) and Vineet Kumar (23),who were employed with a software company in New Delhi,was recovered from the gorge by police during a search operation,they said.

The duo were part of a group which came to visit Rishikesh on Saturday.

The two Sunday went towards Foolchatti Hill but they did not come back. Later the police was informed and a search was conducted to trace them.

Police said the victims might have slipped on a slope and fell into the gorge at the Laxman Jhoola area.

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