Body of ‘Mentally Unsound’ Boy Found in Handwara

Body of a 9-year-old ‘mentally unsound’ boy was found along banks of Pohru river in Kulangam area of Handwara in North-Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Reports reaching GNS said that body of one Haris Ahmad, son of Javid Ahmad was spotted by some passersby, following which they informed police. A police team later on reached the spot and took the body for medical examination.

Confirming it to GNS, a police official said the boy was ‘mentally unsound’. “The body was handed over to the family after medico-legal formalities”, he said adding a case has been taken under 174 CrPC into the incident. (GNS)

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