Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 1: Body of a minor boy, who had gone missing after slipping into a stream earlier this week in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, was recovered today, officials said.
Mohammad Hanzala (4), a resident of Tiken village, had accidentally slipped into the fast-flowing Rambiara stream and was swept away by strong currents near Dubjan Bridge on Sunday, the officials said.
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A rescue operation was launched but the boy could not be traced.
The body was recovered on the sixth day of the search operation in Shopian district, they said.
Meanwhile, LG Manoj Sinha said the tragic passing of young Mohammad Hanzala from Pulwama is heartbreaking. “My thoughts are with grieving family during this time of immense pain. May his soul find everlasting peace, and may his loved ones be granted the strength & comfort they need to endure this profound loss,” Sinha wrote on X.
CM Omar Abdullah has also expressed shock over death of the boy.
“Deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic death of young Mohammed Hanzala from Tikken in Pulwama. As the search for the young boy stretched in to the sixth day hope was running out but it’s still been a terrible shock when the unthinkable was confirmed. I join the tens of thousands of Kashmiris in grief at Hanzala’s death. May Allah grant him highest place in Jannat and may his family find strength to bear this unimaginable loss,” Abdullah said on X.
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