Srinagar , Jul 15: The body of an 8-year-old boy who drowned while taking bath in river Jhelum on Thursday afternnon in Asham Zoonipora in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has been recovered by the joint team of locals , SDRF and police.Sources told that searches were jointly launched by SDRF, police and locals immediately after the incident was reported by the locals.They added that after an hour of searches, the boy Sajad Shabir Shiekh son of Shabir Ahmad Shiekh, a resident of Zonipora, was recovered dead.Meanwhile a police official said that the body was handed over to the family on conduct of necessary medico-legal formalities.
It is pertinent to mention that an 80-year-old man also died after slipping in river Jhelum, while performing ablution in same area.
