Anandpur Sahib, August 12

A 22-year-old youth drowned while taking a dip at a ‘sarovar’ (water tank) at Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib here today. The deceased has been identified as Gobind, a resident of Sunam in Sangrur district.

Gobind, along with a group of 24 people, including his relatives, reached Anandpur Sahib from Naina Devi to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib. They took a dip in the ‘sarovar’ but Gobind went missing. His body was later found in the ‘sarovar’.

Anandpur Sahib SHO Rupinder Singh said the body was being sent for a postmortem and inquest proceedings under Section 174 of CrPC had been started in the case. — TNS