Teenage boy drown in a river in Kishtwar

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 his leg slipped into the water and he drowned, police said.

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

PTI