Srinagar: A 65-year-old man drowned into nallah Pohru at Dangerpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday.

Reports said that the man namely Ghulam Mohammad Dar (65) son of Mohammad Kamal Dar of Hebb Dangerpora slipped inside the nallah and drowned while he was performing the ablution for prayers today in the afternoon.

Soon after the incident, locals and police rushed to the spot and immediately launched searches to trace out the body. However, after hectic efforts, the locals and police retrieved the body of the deceased from the nallah.

An official also confirmed the incident and said that police has taken the cognizance and started further investigations in this regard.