Kulgam, July 4: A 24-year-old youth on Sunday allegedly ended his life by jumping into Aharbal waterfall in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
Quoting official sources , news agency KNO reported that the youth from Sanigam village of Kulgam appeared near Aharbal waterfall this afternoon and in the blink of a moment jumped into it.
“Rescuers immediately swung into the action but couldn’t save his life,” they said.
Notably, suicide cases have seen a surge in the Kashmir valley in recent months, especially during the second wave of COVID-19, while experts list economic distress, drug abuse and frequent domestic violence as the main reason for the rise in suicide cases.