The body of one of the 18 people who went missing after the June 17 flooding of the Hewa River of Sankhuwasabha was found in the Arun River on Friday, 13 days after the incident.

According to DSP Birendra Godar of the District Police Office, the body belonged to a 41-year-old man named Kaliram Tharu of Chainpur Municipality Ward 10.

The whereabouts of the other 17 people, including 16 workers of the under-construction 6MW Superhewa Hydropower Project, is still unknown, said Godar.