Body of missing Bandipora teacher recovered from Lake
SRINAGAR, MAY 20 (PTK): The body of a teacher, who went missing last week, was recovered from a lake in Bandipora district of North Kashmir on Monday.
According to reports the body of Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, a resident Sheikpora Mantrigam area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, was missing since last Monday and his body was recovered by the police from the Wular Lake. A police team reached the spot, and along with locals retrieved the dead body from the Nallah. The deceased was identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Lone (29) son of Abdul Rahma Lone, a resident of Sheikhpora Mantrigam in Bandipora district
The family members of deceased person said that the day Mushtaq went missing, his phone was found turned off at around 7 pm, hours after he left home for duty to Govt Hr Sec School Chuntimulla and did not return home. Meanwhile Jammu and Kashmir Police said that aninquiry under Section 174 CrPc has been initiated to ascertain the cause of the death of a teacher whose body was recovered from Wullar lake in Bandipora district.
“An Enquiry under section 174 CrPC has been initiated to ascertain the actual cause of death,” said a spokesman, in a statement. The body of Mushtaq Ahmad Lone of Sheikpora Mantrigam, who was missing since May 13 was recovered by the police from Laharwalpora village today morning
“The body of the deceased person was spotted by locals in wular lake and accordingly police reached on the spot & took the body in to their custody. FSL team was rushed to the spot. The medical team has been constituted for postmortem which includes experts from GMC Srinagar and will be conducted in the presence of Magistrate,” said the spokesman.
Proper photography and videography is being done of the entire proceedings, he said. “Moreover all other medico legal formalities are being done. An Enquiry under section 174 CrPC has been initiated to ascertain the actual cause of death. Public is requested not to pay heed to rumors. Misusing social media to spread rumors is punishable under law,” he said. (PTK)
