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Day 5: Govt fails to fish out girl's body from Jhelum
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Monday, 24 March 2014
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Srinagar: Five days have passed, but
the government has failed to fish out the body of a teenage girl, who had
jumped into river Jhelum, in summer capital Srinagar.
On Wednesday evening, an eight standard girl from
Batamaloo locality of civil lines area of Srinagar, jumped into Jhelum at
city’s busy Amira Kadal. The cause of the extreme step taken by the teenage
girl was not immediately known.
Soon after the incident, the authorities pressed in
professional swimmers from police and fire and emergency services. However,
they failed to locate the girl. Later the personals of the Navy were put into
the service, but so far the body of the girl has not been retrieved.
The busy Amira Kadal has become one of the suicidal
points in the city where many young boys and girls have jumped into Jhelum.
There has been a considerable rise in suicides in
Kashmir from past many years especially in women. Experts have attributed the
increase to the growing domestic violence, failure in relationships and study
pressures. (GNS)
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