Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 26: The Body of a minor boy, who was among the three persons missing after a boat carrying several persons including students capsized in River Jhelum at Gandbal areas of Srinagar on April 16, was retrieved on Friday. An official said that the body of a boy was retrieved near Old Zero Bridge near Rajbagh area of Srinagar on Friday. Efforts are on to trace the other two missing persons, the official said. The body was found by a local fisherman and it was later handed over to the police. Six people died and three others were missing after a boat carrying nearly two dozen people, including school children, from Gandbal to Batwara, capsized in the Jhelum River on April 16. Among the dead were a 35-year-old woman and her two school-going twins. Search and rescue operations by several agencies, including the State Disaster Response Force were continuing to locate the missing people to retrieve the bodies of the missing persons. |