Poonch : Body of a man, who had died at Saudi Arabia, finally reached his home town for burial as police and locals carried the coffin on shoulders upto two kilomteres and shifted the same in an ambulance thereafter.
As soon as carried the news story that the ambulance carrying body of the man who died in Saudi Arabia has got stuck on the road due to heavy snowfall near BDO office Balakote in this mountainous district, police and civil administration took the swift action. First efforts were made to clear the road by employing men and machinery. However when efforts did not fructify, police and locals took coffin on shoulders and carried it upto two kilometers where from the body was shifted in an ambulance, provided by BMO Mendhar Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Khan, to the man’s hometown.
SSP Poonch Rohit Baskotra told GNS that body has been shifted to the home town after hectic efforts by the police. The local of the area hailed the timely efforts by the police. (GNS)
