Srinagar, July 18: Body of youth who was missing from three days has been retrieved from river Jhelum in Barsoo area of Awantipora this afternoon.
In a media statement, a police spokesman said that on 15th July, a report was received from Aadil Manzoor, son of Manzoor Ahmad Dar, a resident of Barsoo that his brother namely Aabid Manzoor Dar age about 35 year occupation labourer has been missing since morning .
He said after missing report was registered at police station Awantipora and an enquiry was conducted to trace the missing person. The technical analysis of missing person was done and instantly three persons who last made contact with missing person were called and questioned. They revealed that they all (four) including missing person were gambling together on roadside and on seeing movement of nearby police patrol, they got frightened and started running.
He added that one of the person revealed that he crossed over to other side of river but he didn’t know whereabouts of missing person. Police also questioned boatmen working in Jhelum and other acquaintances of missing person, but found no trace.
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An SDRF team was called and pressed in the service who found the dead body near Barsoo, he said.
The postmortem of dead body is being conducted through board of doctors.
An investigation/enquiry under section 194 BNSS has been initiated and all material facts are being factored in during course of investigation.Police is also investigating Gambling aspect, he added.
People at large are advised not to take law into their own hands & spread unfounded rumours but cooperate with enquiry / investigation being conducted, the spokesman added.
