Srinagar, April 27 -- With the recovery of the body of Farhan Parray, the death toll in the Gandbal tragedy rises to eight, while one person - the father of little Hazik whose body was found on Friday from Jhelum near Rajbagh - remains missing.

The locals from Gandbal informed the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the body of Farhan was sighted by some residents of Noorbagh, floating near the bridge. Acting swiftly, they retrieved the body and handed it over to the police. Later, it was confirmed that the deceased was Farhaan Waseem (12), son of Waseem Ahmad Parray, a resident of Gandbal, who had gone missing after a boat capsized incident at Gandbal on April 16. In that incident, six people lost their lives, and three went mi...