The bodies of two Hizbul Mujahideen youths were recovered on Saturday from Kishanganga river near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
The two youth are believed to have drowned in the river near Malangam Tulail village in Gurez sector while trying to infiltrate from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), Indian security officials said.
One of the youth was identified as Sameer Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Dangerpora in Pulwama district. The other was identified as Nisar Ahmad Rather, resident of Dadsara, Tral in Pulwama.
They were both active youths with the Hizbul Mujahedeen and had been missing since 2018.
An Aadhaar Card and a driving licence were recovered from their possession by officials.
