A pall of gloom descended on Kardiyal village in Jawali subdivision on Monday after a 16-year-old boy drowned in Dehar khud while bathing with his friends.
The deceased, identified as Bansh, had gone to the rivulet along with his friends Akash and Surjeet in the afternoon. According to preliminary information, he accidentally slipped into a deep portion of the stream and drowned.
His friends raised an alarm, following which local residents rushed to the spot and pulled him out of the water. He was immediately taken to the Civil Hospital, Jawali, where doctors declared him dead.
Sources said the deceased and his friends had earlier gone to Kharota in Jawali in his father’s car to obtain an LPG refill from a gas agency. After failing to get the refill, they proceeded to the nearby rivulet and began bathing, during which the mishap occurred.
Police reached the spot and recorded the statements of the two friends who were present at the time of the incident. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway. The body has been shifted to the Civil Hospital, Nurpur, for post-mortem examination. The tragic incident has left the family and residents of Kardiyal village in shock.