Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 3: An 18-year-old youth died today due to drowning in a pond in Bishnah area of city outskirts.
“Himanshu Charak son of Rakesh Singh, resident of Laswara (Bishnah) along with three other boys were bathing in a pond near Kunda Cremation Ground but as he did know swimming and the pond was deep, he drowned in the pond water”, a police official said.
He said the other three boys tried to rescue Himanshu but could not save him. Later, some other locals came to rescue the boy but could evict only his dead body. “Bishnah police had taken cognizance of the matter and handed over the body of the deceased boy to his family for last rites”, the official added.
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