KARACHI, July 26(ABC): Four people, including a father-daughter duo, were electrocuted, while four others drowned due to urban flooding in Karachi on Monday as heavy rains continue to pound the city.
One of the tragic incidents took place at a residential apartments’ premises on Al-Falah Road in Lyari’s Bihar Colony area when a man and his daughter were electrocuted. The rescue teams rushed to the site of the incident and shifted the victims to Civil Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
The deceased were identified as Rehman Usman, 35, and 10-year-old Hifza.
Quoting initial reports, police said the incident occurred when Hifza suffered shocks from an electric board in the flat and her father was electrocuted as well as he attempted to save her, reported.
In another incident in Lyari, an elderly man identified as 60-year-old Salamat Rakha died of electrocution within the limits of the Kalakot police station. The body was shifted to the RPCH.
The deceased was a resident of the Baghdadi area of Lyari and he was electrocuted through an electricity pole.
Moreover, a dyeing factory worker, Waqar, 25, son of Deedar, died of electrocution at a company located near Habib Bank Chowrangi within the jurisdiction of the SITE A Section police station. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, a 21-year-old youth, Amir, son of Mumtaz, drowned in the Lyari River near Sohrab Goth within the limits of the Federal B Industrial Area police station.
Upon receiving the information, rescue workers and police reached the site and started a search operation but could not retrieve the body.
Quoting family members and friends of the victim, police said the youth’s friends had challenged him to cross the river from one side to another but he lost control while trying to complete the challenge and drowned.
A video of the incident also went viral on the internet showing how the victim drowned. The search operation was halted due to darkness and it will resume today (Tuesday).
A six-year-old boy, Ahmed Ali, son of Hassan, drowned in a pond in the Surjani Town area. Rescue workers retrieved the body and transported it to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police said the boy was bathing in a water-filled pothole near his house when he drowned.