Woman jumps into river with youth, dies

NEW DELHI: The body of a young woman was recovered from the Yamuna in east Delhi on Saturday after she allegedly jumped into the river with a youth, police said.

NEW DELHI: The body of a young woman was recovered from the Yamuna in east Delhi on Saturday after she allegedly jumped into the river with a youth, police said.

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A PCR call was received that the youth and the woman, aged around 18-20 years, had jumped into the Yamuna in Sonia Vihar area at around 2.30pm, they said.

Immediately, teams of police, fire service and boat club divers reached the spot and launched a search for them.

Around 5.30pm, the woman’s body was fished out while search continued for the youth.

Their identity has not yet been established and efforts are being made to trace their family members, a police officer said.

In another incident, a 21-year-old man named Vicky drowned in a pond in Najafgarh. According to fire officials, the man slipped into the water body at around 6pm. The body was fished out by the fire officials.