
NEW DELHI: The bodies of three civilians who went missing was found on Saturday near waterfall in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, the officials informed.
Darshan Singh (40) and Yogesh Singh (32) and Varun Singh (15), went missing on March 5 while returning from a marriage function in Lohai Malhar, Billawar tehsil. A large-scale search operation was launched in the Lohai Malhar area of Kathua district to locate them.
A BJP MLA also raised the issue on Friday in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, demanding a response from the government.
“I want to inform you about the missing three civilians. We want to seek answers from the government,” Satesh Sharma had said.
In January, mysterious deaths of two individuals in an agricultural field in Kathua had triggered fear and panic in the region.
Shamsher (37) and Roshan (45) were discovered dead on the banks of a stream in Batheri village, Billawar area, with their farming tools nearby, raising suspicions about the circumstances of their deaths.