Dehradun: A 24-year-old MBA student went missing during a trek to Dayara Bugyal in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi six days ago. A search operation is underway to find her, with police detaining two of her friends for questioning after a complaint by her family.

Babita Pandey, a resident of Nainital, had gone to Uttarkashi with her two friends, Harmanpal Singh and Harmanpreet Singh, according to NDTV.

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The trio first went to Dehradun on May 25 and later visited Harsil, Gangotri, and nearby tourist spots, according to Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police Kamlesh Upadhyay.

They then went to Raithal village on May 28 and stayed there. They were last seen together on CCTV cameras in Raithal.

A trekker, identified as Babita Pandey, has been missing since May 29 during a trip to Uttarkashi, and police have taken the two friends who were last seen with her in CCTV footage in for questioning as part of the investigation.

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A day later, they started their trek from Raithal to Dayara Bugyal, one of the popular treks in Uttarakhand, and stayed the night at Goi base camp. Around midnight, Pandey went missing from the camp, Upadhyay said.

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A 150-member team comprising personnel from the army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police, and the forest department has been involved in an extensive search operation to locate the woman.

Investigators are also using sniffer dogs and drone surveillance across a five-kilometre radius of the dense forest, trekking routes, and caves to find Pandey.

The police have also issued her picture on social media platforms and asked the public to help find her.

Helpline numbers

Anyone who finds anything about Pandey has been asked to contact the following helpline numbers: 01374-222116, 9411112863, or 8193990347, or they can contact her family members at 7465949032.

Registration of trekking agency suspended

The registration of the trekking agency, Pro Mountain, has also been suspended after it was found that Pandey and her friends were sent on the trek using a fake permit.

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Scandal-plagued democratic socialist Graham Platner’s continued controversies have led his former primary rival to speak out and remind Mainers that she remains on the ballot despite having suspended her campaign.

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Platner has been hit with one controversy after another, though he remains the heavy favorite heading into next Tuesday’s primary contest, as his only active opponent, David Costello, has failed to gain traction.

But Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her campaign for Senate earlier this year, dropped a potential bombshell in comments to a Lewiston Sun-Journal columnist by suggesting Democrats could still vote for her in their effort to unseat 30-year incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, New England’s last remaining federal Republican officeholder.

"People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out," Mills said, according to columnist Steve Collins.

"I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot," said Mills — an outspoken Trump critic who got publicly reprimanded by the president during a White House lunch earlier this year over the subject of biological men in girls’ sports.

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While fundraising struggles were cited in Maine media reports as a key reason Mills paused her campaign, Platner has charged ahead through one controversy after another.

His "Totenkopf" chest tattoo — one used by German Nazi concentration camp guards — has been the controversy most frequently cited by Republicans, while his campaign also became embroiled in a separate controversy when a consultant asked Massachusetts-based sports media personality David Portnoy to collaborate on an anti-private-equity campaign against the Boston Red Sox front office.

Portnoy balked at the suggestion, citing his Jewish faith and Platner’s Nazi tattoo.

Platner also defended himself after a Reddit post resurfaced in which he called former Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Teddy Daniels a "dumb motherf----er" for being badly wounded in a Taliban siege, blaming "poor marksmanship" by the Afghan terrorists for the Republican’s survival.

Otherwise dormant since April 30, Mills’ campaign X account sprang back to life June 1 with a post commemorating Pride Month.

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"Everyone deserves the freedom to live authentically and marry who they love without fear. I’m proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community, today and every day," Mills said.

Meanwhile, Steve Collins wrote in the column containing Mills’ comments that an increasing number of female independent and Democratic voters in Maine are troubled by Platner’s scandals.

He wrote that their collective umbrage is "more likely to kill [Platner’s] campaign… than greedy millionaires."

Susan Collins’ counterpart in the Senate is registered Independent Sen. Angus King Jr., who caucuses with Democrats and reliably votes with them.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign and Mills’ office for comment.

The Pine Tree State’s primary is June 9.

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