The body of a 60-year-old fisherman was retrieved from Dal Lake in Kashmir capital Srinagar on Saturday.
The victim Ali Muhammad Dar, a resident of Abi-Nowpora Khanyar as per his family didn’t return during pre-dawn hours after which they informed River Police and SDRF, that launched a search operation and retrieved the body in the late afternoon hours from Dal Lake on Saturday.
“The victim as per routine used to catch fish during night hours and at 6 in the morning returned home. But, today he didn’t turn up. Prima facie, it seems that he has slipped to death in the Dal Lake as he was suffering from hypertension and had already suffered two strokes,” relatives of the victim told news agency Kashmir News Trust.
Police in this regard have registered a case under relevant sections of law. (KNT)