Pulwama, July 07: The body of a missing driver from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was found in river Jhelum at Pampore area on Tuesday, officials said.

Officials said that some people while extracting sand from river Jhelum found a body near Patalbagh area of Pampore and accordingly informed police.

The man was identified as Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, 37, son of Ghulam Nabi of Monghama village of Pulwama district.

As per locals, Rather, who is driver by profession, was missing from last three days.

His body was shifted to SDH Pampore for postmortem, officials said, adding that a case has also been registered in this regard while as further investigation is going on—(KNO)