Two teenager siblings drowned in Moughla in Rajouri district.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, JULY 11:–In a tragic incident, two minor brothers drowned today in a flooded rivulet at the Sarungli hamlet in the general area of Moughla under the jurisdiction of the Taryath police post (Dharamshal police station) in the morning in the Rajouri district.

Sources said both the brothers, namely Vansh Sharma (10 yr) and Ansh Sharma (9 yr) sons of Sanjay Kumar had gone to the rivulet along with her mother to wash the clothes.

While the mother was washing the clothes, both the siblings to beat the heat entered the rivulet but started drowning as the water was very deep.

As the boys did not know the swinging, the mother dived into the deep water to save her children but both of them drowned.

She cried for help and a man working in the nearby fields rushed to spot and he saved the mother, but before he could retrieve the siblings, both had died, sources added.

Meanwhile, villagers also reached the spot and shifted the siblings to Community Health Center (CHC) at Triyath with the hope that they could be saved.

From CHC Taryath both the siblings were referred to the sub-district hospital at Kalakot, where the doctors declared them brought dead.

Sanjay Kumar is a poor man and working as a casual labourer in the coal mines at Moughla.

A police team from the Dharamshal police station also reached at Kalakot and after the legal formalities handed over the bodies of the deceased boys to their parents at about 7 pm.

The last rights of both the siblings will be performed on Tuesday. Till the time of filing this report, reliable sources said, the local administration has not come forward to help the poor parents in this hour of grief.

Recently, a driver and his helper have washed away along with their Tipper in the flash floods near Rajouri town.

On Saturday two minor girls were drowned in the river near Mendhar town in Poonch district, while the minor boy was rescued by the Quick Reaction Team of the Indian Army.
The trio was taking bath in the river when the mishap happened.