Aclass 12th student was feared drowned while taking bath in the Neeru river onFriday near Nai-Dhangri village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, policesaid.
Shoib Malik (17), son of Farooq Ahmed Malik, a plus two sciencestudent of of Govt Higher Secondary school Ghat, went missing while two otherstudents who were also bathing in the river, were rescued by local people.
According to reports, teenage student Shoib, a resident ofHaanch Ghat along with two other boys was taking bath in Neeru river near Doda– Bhadarwah highway, 9 km from Doda town, when suddenly Shoib slipped into thefast flowing stream of the river and disappeared.
The boys immediately raised an alarm and informed the locals whoreached the spot and also informed the police.
“As soon as we came to know about the incident, a police teamalong with locals, volunteers of an NGO and seluthes of SDRF started the searchand rescue, but due to darkness the operation was suspended late in theevening,” said Raj Singh Gouria, SP Bhadarwah.”The search for the missingboy was resumed along Neeru River early in the morning. Police and SDRF alongwith experts are on the job and have extended the search upto 4km towards PulDoda,” he added.