Jammu, 01 May (H.S.): Body of a minor boy, who had gone missing after slipping into a stream earlier this week in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, was recovered on Friday, officials said.

Mohammad Hanzala (4), a resident of Tiken village, had accidentally slipped into the fast-flowing Rambiara stream and was swept away by strong currents near Dubjan Bridge on Sunday, they said.

A rescue operation was launched but the boy could not be traced.

The body was recovered on the sixth day of the search operation in Shopian district, officials said.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar