SRINAGAR: An 18-year-old boy drowned to death in a river in Rajouri district this afternoon, officials said.
Talib Hussain son of Mohammad Yousaf, of Mahore Reasi, currently enrolled in a Madrassa (religious seminary) drowned while taking bath in a river at Kanthol Koteranka.
“Despite all possible efforts, he could not be saved”, they said.
Confirming the incident, a police official told GNS that body is being handed over to the family for last rites.
