India, Sept. 6 -- Two days after a 45-year-old man went missing while trying to save his cow from drowning, his body was recovered from a flooded stretch of the Yamuna in northeast Delhi's Garhi Mendu village on Friday.

Police said the deceased, identified as Ombir Singh, is survived by his wife, two sons aged seven and 17, and a 14-year-old daughter. Singh reared cattle and sold milk in the locality.

According to family members and locals, Singh was last seen on Wednesday morning struggling to rescue one of his five cows after police asked villagers to evacuate. "We live across the street, but our cattle are reared here in the village. When police told us to evacuate, we got most of our belongings and cattle, but Ombir went ahead to re...