The local police on Sunday temporarily buried a dead body of an unidentified Indian Hindu man as “trust” near Head Marala in Sialkot.
According to senior officials of Punjab Rangers, the said dead body an elderly man reached Head Marala by floating into the faster flow of flood water in River Jammu-Tavi from India.
Local people spotted the dead body and informed the local police. “The Punjab Rangers formally contacted the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) for handing over the said dead body. However, the Indian BSF confirmed that no one from Indian side has yet claimed for this dead body,” the Punjab Rangers officials said.
They said some Indian currency notes were also found in the man’s pocket, which confirmed that the dead body was of an Indian.
They said dead body was temporarily buried as a trust after the refusal by Indian BSF to take it back. Two days ago, the Punjab Rangers had also handed over a dead body of an Indian Hindu person Kanth Lal, 70, to the Indian BSF near Sialkot.
