Teenage boy drowns in a river in Kishtwar

A teenage boy today drowned when he was taking a bath in a river here, police said.

14-year-old Hashim Hussain was bathing in the river when he slipped into the water and drowned, police said.

The body was fished out from the river and sent to Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Chatroo for postmortem, they said, adding, it will be handed over to his family after completing the formalities.