Teenage Girl drowns in power canal in Kangan
Ganderbal: A teenage girl drowned in a power canal in Fraw area of Kangan Sub Division after she accidentally slipped, reports said Wednesday.
An official identified the deceased said girl as 17 year Munezah Bano daughter of Bashir Ahmad Kasana a resident of Kaniwas village of Sumbal Gund.
“She slipped into the power canal near Fraw Gund,” a police official said, adding that her body was retrieved after hours of hectic efforts by police and the locals.
He further said that the body was later shifted to Sub district hospital Kangan for medico-legal formalities and after that the body was later handed over to her family members for last rites.
Meanwhile, police has taken cognizance of the incident.