RISHIKESH: Six foreigners including a Nepali national have been found living in a cave near the Ganga in Lakshman Jhula area in the pilgrim town of Rishikesh after running out of money.
According to reports in Indian media, the group of foreigners, three women and three men, was found Saturday evening after a tip off from locals.
Two of them hail from Ukraine and one each from Turkey, USA, France and Nepal,” said Rakendra Singh Kataith, station house officer of Lakshman Jhula police station who led the police team.
}Follow coronavirus latest updates here. Kataith said they found the foreigners staying in the cave with all their belongings, Hindustan Times reported.
“They were cooking their food using firewood. They brought the water from the Ganga flowing nearby. They were all brought to the police station where they said that they had shifted to the cave on March 24 after they ran out of money to pay hotel charges in Muni Ki Reti area of Rishikesh where they were staying,” said Kataith.
The police officer said all the six had come to Rishikesh about two months ago and had shifted to the cave just before the first phase of the lockdown began.
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