Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar Dec 26: Two boys today drowned after falling into a water storage tank in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Two boys Amir Mohuiddin Khawaja son of Ghulam Mohuiddin Khawaja and Faheem Iqbal Khawaja son of Mohammad Iqbal Khawaja – residents of Maidan Pati Dardpora Kralpora fell into a storage tank after they apparently went to fetch a cricket ball which had fallen into it.
A rescue operation was launched by locals who were later assisted by police and army. After a few hours of hectic efforts amid prevailing inclement weather conditions, the bodies were retrieved.
Bodies of both the teenagers were handed over to the families for last rites. A pall of gloom descended the area on the tragic death of the teenage duo.
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