J-K: Two minors die in mishaps

A toddler drowned in a stream while a teenage boy was killed after falling down from a hill top in two separate mishaps in the Kashmir Valley, police said today.

In Kupwara district, four-year-old Irtika Shafi died after she slipped into a stream yesterday while playing, a police spokesperson said.

Body of the girl was later fished out, the official said.

In another mishap which took place in Kupwara district, 14-year-old Waris Ahmad died on the spot after falling down from a hill top in Awantipora area yesterday, he said.