Hajin: The body of a youth was recovered this morning, seven days after he drowned in a Nalla at Banyari village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
The deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Aamir Ahmad Dar, 23, son of Gulzar Ahmad Dar, a resident of Banyari in Hajin Tehsil.
Aamir had drowned in the Nichairi Nalla on September 6 while extracting sand along with a friend. Following the incident, a massive search operation was launched jointly by the local police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and community volunteers, who worked tirelessly over the past week to trace the youth.
This morning, Aamir’s body was spotted by a fisherman in the Shoot Bach area of the Nichairi Nalla and later retrieved by the rescue teams.
Officials said that after completing the necessary legal formalities, the body was handed over to the family.