Bandipora, Sept. 7 -- A man drowned in the river Jhelum while another one was rescued near Nichyari area of Baniyari in north Kashmir's Bandipora district on Saturday.

Quoting officials, news agency KNO reported that the duo was extracting sand from the river when the incident occurred.

Following the incident, police and rescue teams rushed to the spot and launched a search operation, he said.

One of the individuals, identified as Mohammad Yaqoob, was rescued safely. However, 25-year-old Amir Ahmed Dar, son of Gulzar Ahmad of Baniyari Sharki, drowned. "Efforts are on to trace him," the official said.

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