Srinagar, Jul 13 (PTI) A 13-year-old boy drowned while two others are feared dead after they slipped into a canal in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.

The incident occurred in the Gantmulla area when four members of a family -- two adults and two teenagers -- started drowning after one of them accidentally slipped into the canal of the Lower Jhelum Hydroelectric Project, they said.

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The remaining three jumped in to save the person but were also swept away by the fast-moving water.

The body of Ibrahim (13) was recovered, while Ilyas Geelani (30) was rescued, the officials said.

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State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were rushed to the spot and a search operation is underway for the two missing persons, they added.

The family from Srinagar had gone to Gantmulla for an outing, officials said.

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