Sharjah: After an intense search operation lasting six days, the body of 18-year-old Indian Albert Joy, who was washed away in a flash flood in Khor Fakkan, was found in Oman yesterday (Wednesday).
Joy’s decomposed body was fished out from a dam in Oman’s Madha area, 20km from Wadi Shis where he went missing on November 16, police and relatives said.
The body of the engineering student in Ras Al Khaimah was retrieved in a joint operation of the UAE Police and the Royal Oman Police.
A relative of Joy said the boy’s father travelled to Oman to identify the body following which Oman police handed it over to UAE police.
A family friend, who accompanied the grieving father, said the body was taken to Fujairah Forensic Department for post mortem.
“The family wants to do his funeral in their hometown in Kerala as his grandparents live there. We are waiting for the approvals,” he said.