Kishtwar, July 09: Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, Vice President of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) and former minister, expressed profound grief and sorrow over the incident that occurred on Tuesday when two young brothers, Nasir Hussain and Yasir Hussain, aged around 12-13 years, drowned in a stream in Tehsil Chilli Pingal, Doda district.
The incident has left the community in shock and has been met with an outpouring of grief and sympathy for the affected family. The tragedy occurred around 11 am when the brothers, sons of Mohammad Shafi Zargar, residents of Gundo, Tehsil Chilli Pingal, were returning home from Bonjwah. They decided to take a bath in the Bonjwah Dundi stream, but unfortunately, they drowned while bathing and died on the spot.
The bodies were retrieved from the stream and taken to a nearby hospital, but despite efforts to revive them, they were pronounced dead. The brothers were students of a local madrasa.
Saroori in a statement extended his deepest condolences to the bereaved family and urged the community to exercise caution, especially during the rainy season. He appealed to the public to refrain from allowing children to bathe in streams to prevent such tragic incidents.
