In the Indian state of Kashmir a tourist was killed and three others were rescued after their boat capsized during rafting in Pahalgam resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district today.

A police officer said four members of a family from Gujarat were rafting in Pahalgam and suddenly the boat overturned. “All the four members fell into the fast flowing river water. The rescue team immediately swung into the action and rescued three of them while Harsha, 57, wife of Mahendra Singh, was hit by a stone and fell unconscious in the river,” he said.

She was immediately evacuated to nearby hospital where she succumbed to grave head injuries, the official said.

Meanwhile, police have registered a case and an FIR has been lodged in this regard.

Anantnag district administration has ordered a probe into the mishap following complaint by the affected family that adequate number of guides were made available in the boat.