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Srinagar, June 25: An unidentified male body was found in the Shalteng bund area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Sunday.

An official told that a body had been fished out of the river Jhelum at Shalteng Bund, and the concerned locals promptly informed the police about it.

Upon receiving the information, a police team reached the spot and took the body to the hospital for medico-legal formalities, he said.

He added that the male body was recovered from the river Jhelum, but the identification of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.

A case has been registered in connection with the incident, and further investigation has been initiated, he further added. (KS)