Ganderbal News: 11-year-old boy drowned in Kangan

Ganderbal: An 11-year-old boy drowned in an irrigation canal in Thun area of ​​Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said. An official told news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the boy slipped into the irrigation canal, following which a rescue operation was launched. He said the boy was later retrieved and shifted to SDH Kangan where he was declared dead on arrival. The deceased was identified as Asif Ahmad Thekre, son of Mumtaz Ahmad Thekre of Thun Kangan.