Srinagar, April 19 A toddler drowned to death in the Mitrigam area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a two-year-old boy slipped into a small canal near his house in Mitrigam this morning.

“The toddler was pulled out of the canal by locals and immediately shifted to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead,” the official added.

The deceased was identified as Salim Anayat, son of Anayat Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Mitrigam, Pulwama.

Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident.—(KNO)