Indo-Pak officials hold flag meeting at Tetwal
Kupwara: The officials of the neighboring countries India and Pakistan held a flag meeting at Teethwal area in Karnah sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
The meeting as per the officials was held to receive the body samples including teeth and hair of a General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) official posted in Ladakh for DNA sampling to ascertain the identity of a body recovered by Pakistani rangers.
Officials said that a well coordinated meet of the officials from Indian side comprising of a team from Ladakh received the teeth and hair of a body believed to be that of an GREF, AEE posted in Ladakh, who went missing from Kargil after a road accident. The samples are required for DNA sampling to ascertain the identity.
An official said that in a road mishap at Kargil, in Ladakh Union Territory back on 22th of June, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) identified as Sobahan Ali, from Uttar Pradesh, working in GREF, a wing of Indian Defense, went missing following which a communication about the recovery of a body from Pakistan side was received.
He said after the top level discussion, a meeting was fixed on Saturday morning, which took place in presence of Army, police, administrative officials and a team of officials from Ladakh.
“The team from Indian side received the teeth and hair of the body recovered by Pakistan, for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) tests to verify the identity of the body lying with Pakistani officials,” they added.
After the examination of DNA samples, it will come to the fore whether the body recovered by Pakistan is that of the official of GREF posted in Ladakh. (KNO)
