Srinagar, May 15, KDC: Body of a minor boy, who had gone missing earlier this week, was found from a forest area in Reshwari, Wadder Bala in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday afternoon.
A police official told Kashmir Dot Com- (KDC) that the minor boy identified as Aslam Rashid Gojar (10) son of Abdul Rashid Gojar a resident of Budshungi in Behnipora of Rajwar had gone missing last Wednesday.
He said that boy along with others including his brother had actually gone to graze animals in the woods and he had remained behind.
He further said officials even used drones but could not trace him immediately. “Upon persistent searches by the locals alongside police and locally stationed Army’s 21 Rashtriya Rifles, the minor’s body was found this afternoon from Reshwari, Wadder Bala forest area, he told KDC.
A case –FIR 140/2021—under relevant sections was already registered in police station Zachaldar and further investigation is under progress, the official added. (KDC)