A man and his son were washed away in a strong current of water in the Kunj nallah at Panjgrain Panchayat in tehsil Ramnagar in Udhampur, on Tuesday.
Police said that 45-year-old Dewan Chand and his son 12-year-old Sangam were going to attend a marriage ceremony when they tried to cross the flooded stream.
However, they could not cross the stream due to strong water current. Immediately, locals, Police, and State Disaster Response Force team rushed to the spot, but they could not find the drowned duo.
The incident took place around 6 pm when the deceased were on way to attend a marriage function in a nearby village and drowned while crossing the nallah, which was flooding because of heavy rain since last night.
Even as a rescue operation was immediately launched by locals and the Police party, led by SHO Ramnagar, Sohan Singh, bodies of both father and son were not traced.
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