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Srinagar: The authorities of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Saturday returned two dead bodies of residents of J&K’s Baramulla district, missing after they reportedly jumped into the Jhelum River earlier this month, to Indian authorities by officials at the Kaman post on the Line of Control (LoC).
Official sources said the duo has been identified as Yasir Hussain Shah of Busgran village of Uri tehsil and Asiya Bano of Kundi Barjala village of the same tehsil, had drowned after jumping into the river on March 5, officials said, adding that an extensive search operation had failed to trace their bodies so far.
After a sustained search operation, the body of Shah was spotted floating near the Kaman post in Uri on March 20.
“Police and rescue teams attempted to retrieve the body, but it drifted to the other side of the LoC due to strong currents. The authorities from the Indian side took the matter up with officials of PoK across the LoC, who eventually retrieved both the bodies from the river,” an official said.
“A meeting was held at the Kaman post in Uri on Saturday, where officials from the Uri administration, including the SDPO, SHO, tehsildar, Indian Army and their counterparts from the other side as well as the parents of the deceased, in addition to a team of doctors were present. Indian authorities received the bodies after completion of formalities,” the official added.
