Six dead as boat capsizes in Jhelum river in Jammu Kashmir

Rescue operation underway after a boat capsized. Pic/PTI

A boat carrying mostly school children capsized in the Jhelum river on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, leaving six people dead, officials said.

The incident took place around 8 am in Gandbal Nowgam area here and six people have been pulled out of the river whose water level had risen over the last couple of days due to incessant rains in the Kashmir valley. The exact number of people on the boat was not clear.

Deputy commissioner, Srinagar, Bilal Mohi-ud-Din Bhat, said six people have died and their bodies have been retrieved. "Six people have unfortunately died, while we have rescued six others, out of which three are under treatment but stable. The rest three are at home," Bhat told reporters.

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