Srinagar (TAN): A young tourist guide died on Friday evening saving tourists whose raft had capsized in the popular Pahalgam area of north India’s Jammu and Kashmir state.
Rouf Ahmad Dar, who some reports say was in his late twenties while others say was aged 33, worked as a guide for those going on rafting trips in the Lidder stream.
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Dar managed to save five tourists but couldn’t survive himself. The authorities couldn’t trace Rouf on Friday and had to suspend search operations after night fell. They only found the body in the early hours of Saturday.
The government has announced a compensation for the family of Dar, who is survived by his wife, parents, a brother and sister, Greater Kashmir reported.
Rouf Ahmad Dar has been hailed as a hero both by the administration and local people.
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said: “My salute to this braveheart Rauf Ahmad Dar.”
Tourism is among the biggest revenue-generators in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir.
