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Srinagar, Nov 23: Police on Sunday said they recovered two bodies from the Hajipeer nallah near Larabal Balkote in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

The deceased were identified as 20-year-old Abdul Baseer Pathan, son of Salam Din Pathan, a resident of Balkote, and 18-year-old Shafiya Bano, daughter of Mohammad Mushtaq Awan, a resident of Thajal.

A police official told Rising Kashmir that preliminary investigation suggests the duo may have slipped and fallen from a nearby hillside. “However, further investigations are underway,” he said.

The official said a police team reached the spot soon after receiving information and retrieved the bodies from the nallah. Both bodies were shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Uri for medico-legal formalities and la

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