Sopore: As the body of a teenage girl from north Kashmir’s Sopore remained untraceable and undetectable for the seventh day now, a 64-year-old, a local rescue expert from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been called by the authorities.
An official said that the search operation of tracing the body of the teenage girl, who jumped into the river Jhelum in Sopore town, entered the 7th day today.
He said even after 7 days, the body of the girl remains untraceable with rescue teams including SDRF, local fishermen, and WUCMA putting in hectic efforts.
Now authorities have sought help from an expert from South Kashmir. Abdul Salaam Dar (64), who hails from the Kakapora area of Pulwama and has expertise in fishing out bodies from across the Kashmir Valley,” he said.
Notably, Salam claims to have saved 18 lives and has fished out at least 40 bodies from the various water bodies across the Kashmir Valley.
The official said Salaam’s expertise came into the limelight soon after social media users started commenting on his name on posts about the Sopore incident.
(KNO)
