Niaz seeks bodies of J

Srinagar, July 9 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Mohammad Sharief Niaz today urged the Uttarakhand government to shift to Jammu and Kashmir the bodies of two labourers who died in a cloudburst at Rudraprayag in that state last week.

In a statement here, he also demanded the release of ex-gratia relief in favour of the families of the deceased.

Of the four labourers, two hailed from Doda district in Jammu region and the other two from Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.

The labourers have been identified as Nazir Ahmed and Mohammad Amin (both residents of Joura village in Thatri area of Doda district), and Mohammad Yousuf and Ajaz Ahmed (both of Saree village in Chamba district of Himachal Pardesh). They were working with the Uttarakhand State Forest Corporation at Rudraparyag.

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