SRINAGAR: Panic gripped Kawcherwan, Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday evening after reports surfaced that a boy was killed and drowned in a power canal.
An official said that a search was launched to trace the body soon after the incident was reported.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ganderbal, Khalil Ahmed Poswal, along with SHO Kangan, reached the spot to personally monitor the investigations and the search operation.
Poswal said, “Two persons have been arrested for questioning. We have cut off water in the power canal to facilitate retrieval of the body. I am personally monitoring the entire situation along with my team. The SDRF, locals, police, and Kangan Police are on the job.”—(KNO)
