Srinagar, July 10: Two minor brothers drowned in a stream in Bonjwah area of Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
Quoting an official, news agency Kashmir Scroll reported that two boys namely Nasir Hussain (16) and Yasir Hussain (13) both sons of Mohammad Shafi Zargar resident of Gundoo Tehsil Chilli Pingil Disat Doda drowned to death in Bonjwah area of Kishtwar.
They said that soon after the incident, the police party rushed to the spot with the local people and searched for the boys in the stream and after around four hours, the dead bodies of the boys were retrieved.
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After completiion of the legal formalities, dead body of both the boys were handed over to their legal heirs, they said.