A laborer drowned in river Jhelum while extracting sand in the Sonwar area of Srinagar on Thursday morning even as a rescue operation has been launched.
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Official sources told a local news agency, KDC that Mohammad Jaffar Wani (22) resident of Banihal drowned in the river Jhelum while extracting sand.
They said that a rescue operation has been launched by Srinagar River police and SDRF to retrieve his body.