FAISALABAD: A teenage boy drowned in a canal while taking a bath here on Friday. Rescue sources said that 15-year-old Sharjeel Shaukat, r/o A-block, Ghousia colony, Samundri road was taking bath to beat the heat in Rukh branch canal near D-type colony when he slipped into deep water and drowned.
On getting information,rescue divers reached the spot and fished out the body after 24 hours of hectic effort some 3-km away from the site of the incident. The body was handed over to legal heirs,said rescue.