Jammu, Sep 25 (PTI) A 24-year-old man died after allegedly jumping into Basantar river in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.

Deepak Kumar, a resident of Goran village, died on the spot after hitting the dried-up river bed, a police official said.

Also Read | Places of Worship Allowed to Reopen in Maharashtra from October 7; BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis Welcomes Move.

He said the body was recovered by a joint team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police and taken to a hospital for conducting a post-mortem.

The motive behind the youth taking such an extreme step was not known immediately, the official said.

Also Read | Uttar Pradesh: Man, Elderly Father Robbed of Over Rs 1 Lakh in Noida.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)