Srinagar, Apr 24: A 27-year-old man was saved from drowning by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel after he jumped into the river Jhelum from the Budshah bridge in Srinagar on Friday, officials said.
An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that SDRF teams stationed at Budshah Bridge noticed a man jumping into the river and immediately launched a rescue operation, saving him from drowning.
He said the SDRF team was already scanning the waters near Budshah bridge to trace the body of a man who had jumped into the Jhelum on Wednesday.
The rescued individual was later handed over to police for further legal formalities.
This is the second such incident in the last 24 hours. On Wednesday late evening, a man jumped into the river while the search to trace his body is still underway.
