Amritsar (Punjab): A 29-year-old tourist, hailing from Sikkim, died after falling from an auto-rickshaw when two bike-borne men snatched her bag, police said on Sunday. Ganga along with her fianc was returning from the Attari border after watching the beating retreat ceremony on Friday evening.
The incident took place on the Amritsar-Attari road near Dodewind village, police said. Two unidentified men on the motorcycle snatched the bag from Ganga when she along with her fianc were in the auto-rickshaw. She fell from the moving vehicle and suffered head injuries, they said. The two men sped away after snatching the bag.
Ganga was admitted to hospital where she succumbed to injuries on Saturday, police said. Police said Ganga hailed from Gangtok where she was into a small business. The body was handed over to Ganga's brother on Sunday, they said.
On November 15 last year, a US national was reportedly found dead in Himachal Pradesh. The body of Maximillian Lorenzo was found by the police after he went missing on November 10 following search operation on November 11. The body was found in the forest 300 metres above Balla village. "We got information regarding the US national went missing on November 10. The search operation was launched on November 11," SP Kangra Dr Kushal Chand Sharma reported to a news agency. Anderson was reportedly staying at a hotel in the Naddi area of the city.
