Srinagar: A day after body of a 23-year-old boy from Srinagar was found floating in River Jhelum, another body of a 16-year-old boy was recovered from the river on Monday.
The body of Zahid Iqbal, a resident of Padshahi Bagh, Srinagar who had gone missing on August 23 was recovered from the banks of River Jhelum Monday morning. Zahid, according to his family, left on Friday, August 23, afternoon to visit his friends house who lives in Sanat Nagar area. Since then, he was missing, the family said.
A complaint was lodged with the Saddar Police station Baghat on August 23, they said.
They alleged their son has been murdered as he bore torture marks. There are visible injury marks on his body which obviously point to a clear murder, the family alleged, and demanded an immediate probe regarding the mysterious death.
The murderers should be exposed at earliest, the family demanded.
Zahids father Muhammad Iqbal Bhat while talking to this reporter said there are visible injury marks on his body. My sons mouth was bleeding and his body was bulged while we recovered his naked body.
Police speaks:
When contacted Station House Officer (SHO)Rajbagh, Bashir Ahmad said that we have initiated an enquiry under section 174crpc and have forwarded the body for post mortem. We will act accordingly after receiving the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report, SHO said.
He said the body of the deceased has been returned to family for last rites. Doctors have taken blood samples and we have forwarded it to Medical College Srinagar to ascertain the cause of death, SHO added.
It is pertinent to mention here that a 23-year-old boy was fished out on August 25 from River Jhelum near Chattabal area. He too had been missing from last couple of days. Following the news, massive protests had erupted in the Chattabal and its adjacent areas. gns
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