JK: Three drown in separate incidents

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Jun 24 2013 | 4:45 PM IST
Three persons, including a 7-year-old boy, drowned in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, police said today.
Suhail Ahmad Najar (25), a resident of Nishat area here, drowned in Lidder stream in the tourist resort of Pahalgam yesterday, a police spokesperson said. His body was later fished out.
In another incident, a 7-year-old boy Shahid Ahmad Waza died after he slipped into deep waters while taking bath in a stream in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
His body has not been recovered yet, the spokesperson said.
In the third incident, a 16-year-old boy Sajad Ahmad Bhat of Bugroo village in Budgam district, drowned in a canal near Doniwara yesterday. His body was fished out and handed over to the family, the spokesperson said.
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First Published: Jun 24 2013 | 4:45 PM IST

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