Missing J&K youth found dead in Pakistan; kin seek PM Modi’s help to get back body
The Hindu
Family seeks PM Modi's help to bring back body of youth who ended life in Chenab river in Pakistan.
The body of a youth who ended his life allegedly by jumping into the Chenab river in Jammu last month was recovered in Pakistan, following which his family sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to bring back the mortal remains for last rites.
Harash Nagotra, a resident of a border village in the Akhnoor sector, went missing on June 11 and his motorcycle was recovered on the banks of the river.
A police official said a missing report was registered by Nagotra’s family the next day.
Preliminary investigation suggested that he might have ended his life by jumping into the river after suffering a loss of over ₹80,000 in an online gaming application, the official said.
The family got the confirmation about Nagotra’s death through a WhatsApp message from a Pakistani official after the parents reactivated a SIM card of their son who worked in a private telecommunication company.
Nagotra’s father Subash Sharma said the WhatsApp message from the Pakistani official, who claimed to be posted in the post-mortem department, informed them that the body was recovered from a canal in Sialkot in Punjab Province on June 13.
The official had informed the deceased’s father that the body had been buried. He also sent Nagorta’s identity card to the grieving family through WhatsApp, confirming that the body recovered in Sialkot is that of their missing son.
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