15-year-old boy drowns to death while taking bath in Dal Lake

Srinagar, Sept 19 : A 15-year-old boy drowned to death while he was taking a bath in the interiors of Dal Lake at Jogi Lankar area of Rainawari in Srinagar on Saturday.

An official told a local news agency that the teenage boy was taking a bath along with two others in the Dal Lake when he drowned.

“His body was fished out and was taken to Gousia hospital Khanyar where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” the official said.

He identified the deceased as Kifayat Ahmad of Jogi Lankar area of Rainawari