Srinagar: An unidentified female body was recovered from Jhelum river near Dangerpora area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday.

An official said that sand diggers found a body floating in Jhelum near Dangerpora area in the morning.

“They informed police who took the body to Sumbal for identification,” he said.

He said that the post-mortem of the body is being carried out and other legal formalities are being done.