Jammu, Mar 08: Three bodies, including that of a teenager and his two relatives, were recovered on Saturday after 3 days from a waterfall in Kathua district. All the three persons had gone missing on 6th of this month when they were returning after attending a marriage function, officials said.
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.
The bodies were retrieved after hectic efforts as the area was hilly, 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.
