A 17-year-old boy drowns in a Nallah in Hardshiva village of Sopore in North Kashmir's Baramulla district on Sunday afternoon. 

An official told that the boy drowned while taking a bath in Marbal Nallah, however a rescue operation has been launched to retrieve his body. 

He identified the boy as Amir Bashir Dar son of Bashir Ahmed Dar of Khanpura Baramulla—(KNO)