Kangan Police, rescue teams and locals launch search operation to trace the missing 18-year-old

Aqzar Raheel 

Ganderbal, Aug 21(KNZ/TMJ): An 18-year-old youth from Srinagar is feared to have drowned in Nallah Sindh near the dumping park at Kijpara in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday, officials said.

An official told Kashmir News Zone the Media Journal that the youth has been identified as Danish Bilal, son of Bilal Ahmad Hajam, a resident of Hafiz Bagh, Dargah, Srinagar.

According to preliminary reports, Danish had gone to Nallah Sindh to take a bath when he reportedly went missing after entering the water.

Soon after the incident, a team of Kangan Police, along with rescue personnel and local residents, reached the spot and launched a search operation to trace the missing youth.

The search operation was underway when reports last came in. Further details are awaited.(kNZ/TMJ)