Srinagar, April 18 -- The search operation to find the missing persons after a boat capsized in Jhelum, entered day three on Thursday. Local volunteers also joined the rescue teams in the search.

Officials said that the rescue teams of J&K Police, SDRF, NDRF and Marcos continued the searches during the night as well as on Thursday from Gandbal to Raj Bagh in Srinagar. Some local volunteers from Gandbal and from Pulwama, with their own boats, also joined the efforts of the official rescue teams.

"The searches continued on Thursday as well but so far, we had little success in tracing the bodies. The intermittent rains in the afternoon also affected the search operation," said a police official of Srinagar.

The teams are looking for Farha...