Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 27: A 45-year-old man drowned today while taking a bath in a canal on city outskirts.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nazir, son of Mohd Sadiq, a resident of Bypass Nagrota. He used to run a meat shop in Domana area, a police official said. “To beat the heat, Nazir went to take a bath in the canal near his shop and drowned,” he said.
The body of the deceased was fished out and handed over to his family for last rites after completion of legal formalities, the official added.
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