Locals and police on Thursday recovered a body of a youth from river Jhelum near cement bridge in Qamarwari area of Srinagar, officials said here.

An official said that the body was recovered from the Jhelum today afternoon.

He said the body has been shifted to GMC for postmortem and other medico-legal formalities.

Meanwhile, the official said the body is likely of a Budgam youth who had drowned in Jhelum around 20 days ago.

“His family members have been called to identify the body,” he said.