A 17-year-old boy drowns in a Nallah in Hardshiva village of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday afternoon.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the boy drowned while taking a bath in Marbal Nallah, however a rescue operation has been launched to retrieve his body.

He identified the boy as Amir Bashir Dar son of Bashir Ahmed Dar of Khanpura Baramulla.