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Bodies of sisters recovered

AHMEDABAD, FEB. 7. After nearly 48 hours, the bodies of two girls, out of the five allegedly thrown into the Narmada river by their "debt-ridden" father near Bharuch, were recovered today.

Rescue teams found the bodies of Suhana (3) — the youngest of five sisters — and Yasmeen (five-and-a-half), police said here.

While Suhana's body was found near a brick kiln, about four km away from Jadeshwar, where they were flung, the body of Yasmeen was found in the river bank near Tawra village, about four km away on the western side of the bridge.

None of the bodies had any injury marks but they were bloated, police added.

Police are looking for Salim Ghulam Hussain Sheikh, an autorickshaw driver from Veradiya village, who was seen by a 60-year-old woman, throwing the girls from the 65-feet high bridge "one-by-one."

PTI

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