Bodies of two Uri locals who drowned in Jhelum handed over by Pakistan

The bodies of a teenage boy and girl, who had leapt into river Jhelum at Uri last month and their bodies were recovered two days ago from Chinari in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir by Pakistani authorities, were surrendered to Indian officials at Kaman Post in Uri today. 

 Bridge of Kaman Post linking two halves of Kashmir

Top police and military officers were standing at the bridge of Kaman Post linking two halves of Kashmir when the bodies were transferred to the Indian officers. Both bodies were brought to sub-district hospital Uri for medico legal formalities and later surrendered to their families in the presence of top police officers.

Bodies drifted over to PoK

Both of them had leaped into river Jhelum at Dulunja in Uri on 5th March. The relatives, police, and SDRF searched for tracing the bodies for a number of days but could not trace the bodies. Officials informed that a few days back both bodies were recovered from Chinari and Chatal of PoK, Muzuffarabad. Police and rescue workers tried to pick it up (the body of boy), but because of heavy currents, it floated to the other side of the border," an official told. A top police officer stated that the officials in Pok had been told that the bodies drifted over to PoK.

Centre and Pakistan for retrieving the bodies

 Following a meeting at Kaman Post, Uri, in which officials from the Uri, police, army and relatives of the killed and officers from PoK, both the bodies were released," the officer added. NC legislator from Uri Sajjad Shafi thanked the Centre and Pakistan for retrieving the bodies of these two teenagers. Bodies had been washed away to Pakistan and both bodies were retrieved in the past 48 hours in PoK and now repatriated back to Uri," he said.