MARDAN: A teenage boy drowned in a stream in Manzoorabad area of Bashkhali village here on Wednesday.

Rescue 1122 officials and locals said that the victim identified as Alif Khan, 17, was swimming in the stream when he drowned in the deep water.

The officials of Rescue 1122 rushed to the spot and began search operation to fish out the body of the victim.

After hectic efforts, they succeeded to retrieve his body.

The officials took the body to a nearby hospital for medico-legal procedure. Later, the body was handed over to the family of the deceased.

The victim was a resident of Machi locality in Rustam tehsil.

Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2022

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