Bhaderwah/Jammu, Jan 8  A couple and their six-year-old daughter from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda were found alive in Haryana, 20 days after they were presumed dead after their car was found plunged into river Chenab in the hilly district last month.

Manjeet Singh allegedly staged the accident to evade his loan debts but his bollywood-style attempt was foiled by the police which traced him in Haryana’s Panchkula and brought him back here to face the law, a police official said.

The official said the 31-year-old Singh along with his wife and daughter were reported missing on December 20, last year after their car reportedly met with an accident near Gadsoo in Doda district while they were on their way to Jammu from their Bhaderwah residence.

Press Trust of India