India, Jan. 12 -- Nearly two years after the Gandbal Srinagar boat tragedy that claimed eight lives and left an entire locality in mourning, grief returned to the banks of the Jhelum on Sunday.

Locals stumbled upon what appeared to be "a human foot emerging from the sand" near the same stretch of river, a chilling discovery that has once again reignited memories of the 2024 tragedy.

Authorities were immediately alerted, and by Monday morning, the Indian Navy's elite MARCOS (Marine Commandos) joined a renewed search operation along the Jhelum to trace the source of the remains.

"We were clearing sand when one of us noticed something that looked like a human foot," a sand collector, one of the first to spot the remains, told KNO. "It was...