SRINAGAR: The administration of Kashmir on the other side of LoC on Saturday handed over the bodies of two individuals — a boy and a girl — via the Kaman Post bridge in Uri.
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Officials said that the two had jumped into the river Jhelum nearly 18 days ago. The deceased have been identified as Yasir Hussain Shah, son of Mooz Ali Shah, a resident of Busgran, Uri, and Asiya Bano, daughter of Mohabat Khan, a resident of Kundi Barjala, Uri.
According to officials, the boy’s body was spotted near Kaman Post along the Line of Control (LoC) floating in the river on March 20.
“Police and rescue teams attempted to retrieve it, but due to strong currents, it drifted to the other side of the border,” an official said.
The boy’s body was eventually recovered from Chinari on Thursday evening, while the girl’s body had crossed to the other side of the LoC earlier and was recovered at Chattar on March 19.
Officials said the matter was taken up with the administration on the other side of the LoC. “Today, a meeting was held at Kaman Post, Uri, where officials from the Uri administration, including SDPO Uri, SHO Uri, Naib Tehsildar, a team of doctors, the Indian Army, and the parents of the deceased, met their counterparts from the other side. The Uri administration has now received both bodies, which had been washed away across the LoC,” an official stated.
After completing medico-legal formalities, the bodies will be handed over to their families.
It is important to mention that both individuals had