SUHAIL RATHER
Bandipora, 11 July: The corpse of the 08-year-old boy Aabid Sheikh S/o Nazir Sheikh was handed over by the Indian authorities to their Pakistani counterparts on Wednesday across the LoC in Gurez sector's Achoora Chorwan area.
An official said that the body was handed over to Pakistan army by the officials of the district administration Bandipora, police and Indian Army at Dudgai Post Chorwan, the last point at indian side on the erstwhile silk route.
The boy had drowned in the Neelam river in the Mimimarag area in Gilgit Baltistan and his body had floated across the LoC into the Indian side.
The body was found on Tuesday morning in Achoora village of Gurez by some local men, and appeals from the boy's family to handover his body had been pouring in since then. The Pakistan Army had also put in a request with the Indian authorities for returning the dead body.
