Teenage boy drowns in Kohat Tanda Dam

A young boy died in Tanda dam here Saturday.

The youngster identified as Rizwan drowned while bathing with his buddies in the dam, sources said quoting rescue sources. His friends were rescued.

Rizwan was 16 years old. He was a resident of Kohat and went to Tanda Dam for a picnic along with his pals. They had meant to bathe in the dam, which was disastrous for Riwan.

The cops reached the spot after being told and began investigation after moving the body to hospital for appropriate procedure.

As mercury rises around the country, people, especially adolescents, resort to canals, dams, lakes and water reservoirs to beat the heat but sometimes their bath becomes tragic over failure to adopt safeguards.