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Body of a 3-year-old girl was recovered from river Jehlum near Khanabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday afternoon.

Reports reaching a local news agency said that some locals spotted a body floating on the river near Khanabal and accordingly informed police about it.

After being informed a police team rushed to the spot and retrieved the body from the Jehlum, they said.

A police officer also confirmed the incident and identified the deceased as Nusrat Jan  (3) daughter of Abdul Wahid Bajad, a resident of Mir Danter village. 

The officer said that the girl was missing since May 3. The body has been taken to District Hospital Anantnag for medico-legal formalities including the postmortem.

The girl died apparently due to drowning, however, the actual cause of death will be ascertained once the postmortem report will come, he said.