Srinagar, July 13: A minor drowned after he allegedly slipped while fishing in Dal Lake near Dalgate area here on Monday.
Officials said that soon after the boy drowned, some locals immediately retrieved him even as the police party rushed to the spot. Later the boy was taken to SMHS hospital but was declared brought dead on arrival by the doctors. He has been identified as Ayan Ahmad Sofi (9) son of Abdul Majeed Sofi of Khaniyar.