Hajin:In a heart-wrenching incident, a three-year-old boy drowned in a water canal in Khuserpora village of Hajin area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday.
An official said the child drowned into the canal near his home.
The boy was rushed to Communuty Health Centre Hajin where doctors declared him brought dead.
The deceased has been identified as Saqib Ahmad War, son of Shahnaz Ahmad War, a resident of Khuserpora Hajin.
Authorities have taken cognisance of the incident, and further investigation is underway.
A pall of gloom descended on the village after the child’s body was brought from the hospital to the village for burial