Tourist killed, 3 rescued

Excelsior Correspondent

Srinagar, May 8: A tourist was killed and three others were rescued after their rafting boat capsized during rafting in Pahalgam resort in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district today.
Four members of a family from Gujarat were rafting in Pahalgam during which their boat overturned. All the four members fell into the water. The recue team immediately swung into the action and rescued three of them while Harsha, 57, wife of Mahendra Singh, was hit by a stone and fell unconscious inside the river.
Singh was evacuated to nearby hospital where she succumbed due to grave head injuries. Police have registered a case.