2 killed, 8 injures after boat capsizes in river J&K

Srinagar: Two people were killed and eight injured after a rafting boat capsized in a river in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

The boat overturned at a tourist resort in Pahalgam's Lidder river.

Governor Satya Pal Malik has announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each to the next of kin of those dead.

Rescue operations are underway.