Kulgam NEET aspirant’s body fished out in Srinagar

SRINAGAR — The body of a teenage student was fished out from a river in Srinagar district of central Kashmir, officials said on Friday.

They said the body of Shahid Fayaz son of Fayaz Ahmad Laway (18) was retrieved from the river Jhelum last evening at Shivpora area.

Confirming it, a police officer said that the body will be handed over to legal heirs for last rites after completing all legal and medical formalities.

The officer said that initial investigations have been initiated to ascertain the reasons behind it.

Shahid, he said, was a resident of Noorabad village in Kulgam. He was studying at a coaching centre in Srinagar in connection with the preparations for NEET.