Srinagar: A boy drowned while taking a bath in the river Jhelum near Shivpora area of Srinagar on Friday, eyewitnesses said.
The eyewitnesses told the news agency Kashmir News Observer, that three boys were taking a bath in the Jhelum when one of them drowned.
Soon after the incident, locals rushed to the spot and also appealed to the authorities to held rescue the boy.
An official said that rescue teams will be dispatched to the area for rescue operation.
In a similar incident, a 13-year-old boy drowned while taking a bath in the river Jhelum in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday, officials said.
An official said that soon after the incident a rescue operation was launched to trace him.
The boy has been identified as Shahid Ahmad, son of Tariq Wani, a resident of Baharabad locality in Hajin. Search operation to trace the teenager was going on when reports last came in.
