Jammu: Two youths drowned in the Tawi river in the Manwal area of Jammu district, with a retrieval operation being launched on Friday evening.
An official said that two youths, identified as Avikash Thakur (23), son of Ranjeet Singh, and Rajinder Singh (19), son of Jugal Singh—both residents of Kishenpur Manwal, drowned in the river Tawi last evening around 7 pm.
He said that they were taking a bath in the river, which became evident as their clothes were found on the banks of the river.
The official said that police and a team of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) are on the job, but the bodies are yet to be traced.
(KNO)
