SOPORE: A 16-year-old teenage boy drowned while taking a bath in the Jhelum River near Jamia Masjid Sopore in Baramulla district on Thursday.
Quoting official, news agency JKNS reported that A 16-year-old student from Darul Uloom Sopore drowned while bathing in the Jhelum River near Jamia Masjid.
Student has been identified as, Bilal Ahmad Parry Son of Abdul Jabbar Parry, resident of Rafiabad, he said.
Police and SDRF teams have been deployed and a rescue operation is underway to locate the boy, official said.
