Srinagar, June 27 : A 20-year-old youth drowned while taking a bath in the Dal Lake to beat the searing heat while another boy drowned in river Jehlum.
Official sources said today that Ghulam Murtaza, working in a house boat, was taking a bath when he drowned in the Dal.
However, he was immediately rescued by on lookers and taken to hospital where he was declared brought dead.
In another incident, a minor boy named Abid ahmad Dar was playing with his brother on the bank of river Jehlum at Barsoo when he suddenly slipped and fell into the waters, resulting in his death.
Later, his body was fished out from a distance and handed over to his family members.
— UNI