Srinagar: Body of a minor boy, who had gone missing after slipping into a stream earlier this week in Pulwama district, was recovered on Friday, officials said.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed shock and grief over the incident.
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.
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.
“Deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic death of young Mohammed Hanzala from Tikken in Pulwama. As the search for the young boy stretched into the sixth day hope was running out but it’s still 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 the highest place in Jannat and may his family find strength to bear this unimaginable loss,” Abdullah said on X.
