Teenage boy drowns in Rajouri riverlet

Rajouri, Jul 26: A thirteen years old boy drowned in a village streamlet while he was taking bath in it on Saturday evening.

Deceased is identified as Mehmood Ahmed (13) son of Mohammad Tariq resident of Dehrian village of Rajouri.

According to police, the teenage boy was taking a bath in the river at Dehrian when he drowned and died.

Body of the deceased was retrieved from river water by locals in presence of police with medico-legal proceedings and investigation into the matter has been set into motion in police post Chingus Chatyari jurisdiction.