Srinagar, Jun 01 (KNS): A tourist guide who saved five tourists in the gushing waters of Lidder river in Pahalgam died himself and his body has been retrieved.

Rouf Ahmad Dar, the brave tourist guide successfully saving five tourists including two foreigners lost his own life, reflecting the spirit of Kashmiri hospitality, died while saving the tourists when their boat capsized in gushing water of Lidder Friday.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel

His body was retrieved near Bhawani bridge from Lidder, officials said.

"The body after completion of Medico legal formalities was handed over to his relatives," officials said. (KNS)