Budgam, June 28, KDC: A minor girl died after she slipped into a canal in Churpora Soibugh area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday.

A police official told news Agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that a minor girl identified as Rabiya daughter of Farooq Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Gariend Khurd of the district was staying at maternal uncle’s home at Churpora Soibugh. She was playing with some toys and suddenly fell down in a water canal, he said.

He said while searching her, relatives of the family found her in a cannel and immediately referred her to PHC Soibugh where the doctors declared her brought dead on arrival.

Police have taken cognizance of the incident and have started the investigation. (KDC