Four drown in canal near Sehwan

Published October 16, 2003

DADU, Oct 15: Four devotees of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz drowned while they were taking bath in the Aral Wah Canal, near Sehwan, on Wednesday.

The bodies of Syed Sajjad Abbas, 25, resident of Bahawalpur, and Syed Matloob Ahmad Shah, 15, resident of Chishtian, were recovered by area people.

The local administration handed over the bodies to the Edhi Centre for sending to their native villages and the search for the remaining two bodies was going on.

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