Corpse of the 8-year old boy (Abid Sheikh S/O Nazir Sheikh) was handed over by the Indian authorities to their Pakistani counterparts
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The corpse of the 8-year old boy (Abid Sheikh S/O Nazir Sheikh) was handed over by the Indian authorities to their Pakistani counterparts on Wednesday morning across the LoC in Gurez sector's (Sanyal) Chorwan area.
The boy had drowned in the Neelam river in the Mimimarag area in Pakistan administered Kashmir, and his body had floated across the LoC into the Indian side. The body had been 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.
Pakistani authorities and the boy's family have thanked the Indian side for their grace and goodwill.