Foreign tourist drowns during rafting

SRINAGAR, Sept 3:
A foreign tourist hailing from Switzerland drowned during rafting in a river in Zanaskar area of Kargil district, police said today.
Beecroft Lan-Robert, who was on a trip to the Ladakh region, drowned yesterday during rafting from Serchoo to Zanaskar, they said.
Body of the tourist was fished out from the river near Lungnak and it has been kept in Public Health Centre at Padam for completion of formalities. (PTI)