RAWALPINDI: Divers of Rescue 1122 started a search operation for eight tourists missing since their jeep plunged into Neelum River in Azad Kashmir on April 30, the emergency service said on Saturday.

When the jeep with 14 people, 12 of them tourists from Lahore, fell into the river, five of the tourists were rescued by the emergency service crew and later shifted to hospital while one of them died.

Search for the eight individuals, including a local man, has been ongoing.

The eight missing persons were identified as Umair Ahmad, 26, Bilal Maqbool, 22, Shah Nawaz, 35, Waleed Ahmad, 20, Azhar Ashraf, 27, M. Raheem, 24, Raheel, 20, and Hafiz Ishtiaq, 17.

Ghulam Mirran, 22, a resident of Lahore died in the incident.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2023