An elderly woman died after allegedly jumped into the Jhelum River from a footbridge in Sonwar-Rajbagh area of Srinagar on Wednesday morning.
Officials told the news agency -Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the woman, a resident of Palpora Sonwar, allegedly jumped into the river from Aramwari Footbridge.
He said that after the incident, the river police Srinagar rescue team and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) launched a search operation.
He said that his body later recovered from the river and transferred to a hospital for Medico-Legal formalities.
Meanwhile, the police have taken cognizance of the incident and started further investigation- (KNO)
