Srinagar: Body of a 25-year-old non-local labourer, who drowned in river Jhelum on Wednesday evening was retrieved this afternoon.
The youth had fallen into the water body at around 8 p.m yesterday evening, a police official said.
Efforts were launched by SDRF alongside locals to rescue the youth, however the body could only be retrieved this afternoon, he added.
Identifying the deceased as one Zeeshan Ahmad (25) son of Ayoub Shah a resident of Uttar Pardesh, a brick kiln worker, the official said that body has been taken into custody for medico-legal formalities.