Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 16: Kulgam police today recovered the body of another youth in connection with the case of three missing labourers from Rajouri.
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A police spokesperson said that the deceased has been identified as Mohammad Showkat, son of Mohammad Sadiq Bajad, a resident of Chata Doonda, Rajouri, who was currently living in Chandian Pajan, Qazigund. “His body was found this morning in Vaishow Nallah at Mah Ashmuji area of Kulgam,” he said.
This comes three days after the body of Riyaz Ahmad Bajad, another member of the missing trio, was recovered from the same nallah. The third youth, Mukhtar Ahmad, remains missing, and search operations are ongoing to locate him.
According to police, the three youths-Riyaz Ahmad Bajad, Showkat Ahmad Bajad, and Mukhtar Ahmad-went missing from Qazigund last month. They were labourers working in the area and had travelled to Ashmuji, Kulgam, on February 13 to attend a function at a relative’s house. However, they disappeared before reaching their destination. “Their mobile phones have been switched off since their disappearance, and their families filed a missing person report at the local police station,” the spokesperson said.
He added that a joint search operation involving Kulgam Police, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is underway to locate the remaining missing youth.
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