Srinagar: Five days have passed, but the government has failed to fish out the body of a teenage girl, who had jumped into river Jhelum, in summer capital Srinagar.
On Wednesday evening, an eight standard girl from Batamaloo locality of civil lines area of Srinagar, jumped into Jhelum at city’s busy Amira Kadal. The cause of the extreme step taken by the teenage girl was not immediately known.
Soon after the incident, the authorities pressed in professional swimmers from police and fire and emergency services. However, they failed to locate the girl. Later the personals of the Navy were put into the service, but so far the body of the girl has not been retrieved.
The busy Amira Kadal has become one of the suicidal points in the city where many young boys and girls have jumped into Jhelum.
There has been a considerable rise in suicides in Kashmir from past many years especially in women. Experts have attributed the increase to the growing domestic violence, failure in relationships and study pressures. (GNS)