Pulwama: The body of a missing driver from Pulwama district was found in river Jhelum at Pampore area on Tuesday, officials said.
Officials said that some people while extracting sand from river Jhelum found a body near Patalbagh area of Pampore and accordingly informed police in this regard.
The deceased was identified as Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, 37, son of Ghulam Nabi of Monghama village of Pulwama district.
As per locals, Rather, who was a driver by profession, was missing for the last three days.
His body was shifted to SDH Pampore for postmortem, officials said, adding that a case has also been registered in this regard while as further investigation is going on.
