J&K: 20-year-old MBBS student drowns in Kupwara

After searching for hours, the police, locals and the family members of the deceased finally saw the body being recovered from the pond. 

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An official told Rising Kashmir that at least three boys went untraceable inside a pond in Punzwa village of Villgam on Sunday afternoon while they were bathing in the water source. "It happened that after a certain time, two among the three boys waded their way through and came out safely, with the police and locals launching a rescue operation with bare minimum logistics available to save the third youth."

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a doctor from Kulgam district has died in a road accident who was on his way home. The doctor was killed when his car skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district. The accident took place near Sangaldan town. 

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The deceased has been identified as Dr Muzaffar Ahmed Wani, a resident of Kulgam district, the officials said. Wani was on the way to home in Mahore, Kulgam, where he was posted as a medical officer.