Minor girl drowns to death in central Kashmir’s Budgam

SRINAGAR — A 3-year-old girl drowned to death in Ainam Nallah in Narbal area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday evening.

Eyewitnesses said that a minor girl identified as Aisha daughter of Javid Ahmad, a resident of Alambal Narbal, slipped into the Nallah near her house where she was playing.

They said after persistent efforts by locals, the body was fished out from the Nallah.

A police official confirmed that the body of the deceased girl was fished out and after completion of legal formalities, the body of the deceased has been handed over to her relatives for last rites.