
A Malayali priest, who was on his way to disaster-hit Joshimath died on Thursday after his vehicle fell into a gorge. Father Melvin Abraham Pallithazhathu (37), a native of Chakkittapara in Kerala's Kozhikode, was attached to the Diocese of Bijnor. He travelled nearly 300 km from Uttarakhand's Kotdwar to Joshimath with the relief materials.