Bodies of Teenager and Two Relatives Recovered in Kathua’s Malhar After Three-Day Search
Bodies of a teenager and his two relatives were recovered near a waterfall in the higher reaches of Malhar in Kathua district today, three days after they were reported missing during a marriage function at their home.
The bodies of Varun Singh (15) of Dehota, his uncle Yogesh Singh (32) and maternal uncle Darshan Singh (40) were sighted in Ishu Nallah in Malhar area by drones during a joint search operation by police and the Army late this afternoon, the officials said.Police officials said investigations are on and it would be premature to give reasons behind the killings.
The bodies were later retrieved from the scene after a hectic effort as the area was steep, the officials said, adding preliminary investigation ruled out terror angle as there were no visible marks of injury on the bodies. The exact cause of their death would be known only after a postmortem, they said.
The officials said Darshan’s brother Brijesh was getting married and the trio had left in advance for the bride’s home at Lohai Malhar in the Billawar Tehsil at around 5.30 pm on the fateful day.
However, Darshan made the last call to his home around 8.30 pm, informing them that they had lost their way
As they failed to return home, a search operation by police and the Army was launched to trace them as the area witnessed several terror incidents, including an attack on an Army vehicle that left five soldiers dead, last year.
Meanwhile, people held massive protests in Billawar today against the killings. They raised slogans against the police administration.
There was strong resentment among the people against the killings.
BJP legislator Satesh Sharma had raised the issue in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Friday.
On February 16, bodies of two villagers — Shamsher (37) and Roshan (45) — were found at village Kohag in Billawar and their postmortem revealed they were strangled to death.
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