Poonch, April 29: A 16-year-old youth drowned and another was rescued from a river in Mandi area of Poonch district on Friday.
Official sources said that Sajad Ahmed (16) son of Badhir Ahmed and Mohammad Arif (16) son of Abdul Aziz Sheikh, both residents of Baila drowned in a river while bathing. As the news spread, army and police reached the site and launched a rescue operation assisted by locals to save the duo. However, only one of them was rescued and taken to hospital while body of another youth, Sajad, was retrieved.